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The Everbridge Contribution to Research on Societal Resilience

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The issue of societal resilience became tangible a couple of years ago during the global COVID pandemic and its importance is screaming to the world today with the Ukrainian conflict. How can their resilience be leveraged, integrated in the safety and mitigation efforts of public and private organizations?

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Community Emergency Managers: Maximize Impact with B.C.’s New Indigenous Engagement Funding

CCEM Strategies

s new Emergency and Disaster Management Act (EDMA) was passed, replacing the previous Emergency Program Act. With this new legislation comes substantial new requirements for community emergency managers – many relating to Indigenous engagement. New Legislation, New Requirements, New Funding On November 8, 2023, B.C.’s

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. The odds are being stacked against us when we fail to act on science and early warnings to invest in prevention, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.”.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

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Reality: Collapsing buildings are responsible for the majority of deaths in seismic disasters. 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. Myth 46: Disasters always happen to someone else.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

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Instructions about how to use the plan end-to-end, from activation to de-activation phases. References to Crisis Management and Emergency Response plans. Both Are Needed to Ensure Business Resilience. Note that the DRP can be invoked without triggering the activation of the BCP. A definition of Business Resilience.

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