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Retired from a Paycheck

Disaster Zone Podcast

Rubin is the author or editor of five books and more than 100 articles for professional publications. Among her recent activities was a multi-session effort to brief delegations of senior emergency managers from China, on the state of the practice of emergency management in the U.S. and occasionally in other countries.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

This means that coordination between national, regional and local authorities needs to be strong and extensive. On the other hand, local authorities should not be abandoned as they struggle to bring the disease under control. Improvisation of supply and logistics could prove to be lethal. The response must be fair and equitable.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Although the virological, medical and epidemiological problems are obviously very complex, medical scientists - and politicians - should not be making risk management and logistical decisions if they do not have the expertise. It has been widely stated that democracy is under threat in the UK, as power is becoming excessively centralised.

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Securing Mass Gathering Events: A Simple Design Framework That Considers the Air Domain

Security Industry Association

He is also the author and provider of a series of online training courses. Look no further than Astroworld or the July 4, 2022, shooting in Highland Park, Illinois , to exemplify the clear need for active planning beyond the mere logistics of taking an event from idea to reality. and chair of the SIA Counter-UAS Working Group.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Emergency Planning

In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. A gulf has therefore developed between plans and the ability to activate them.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

As a second example, a logistics and transportation company shared the following scenario: “On a Friday morning, we noticed many of our staff were not showing up to work, causing a major staff shortage. In a given week , the ultimate harm to the business or operation was not the active focus of the risk team or response team the week prior.