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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Security’ involves protection against major threats, such as terrorist activity. Volunteer work should be encouraged in disaster risk reduction and kindred fields. The citizen 4.1

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Mami Mizotori, the Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stated in the mid-term report of the Sendai Framework that "progress [in implementing the SFDRR] has stalled and, in some cases, reversed". Disaster risk reduction: a Japanese women's perspective on 3/11. 1] Domoto, A., Ohara and H.

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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

While the warmer months of the year signal a time when we can indulge in vacations, beach days, and outdoor activities, the summer and fall are also when hurricanes, thunderstorms, wildfires, and other potential natural disasters make their impressive mark across many areas of the United States, often disrupting the rhythm of our daily lives.

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Five Top Sessions for Security & Public Safety Practitioners at ISC East

Security Industry Association

14-16 in New York City, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC East recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC East program , including keynote presentations from top luminaries and over 40 sessions from top industry expert speakers on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments.

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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

While the warmer months of the year signal a time when we can indulge in vacations, beach days, and outdoor activities, the summer and fall are also when hurricanes, thunderstorms, wildfires, and other potential natural disasters make their impressive mark across many areas of the United States, often disrupting the rhythm of our daily lives.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. Its antidotes are thought, reasoning, action, activism, and the application of ethics and morality. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Alexander, D.E. Phylon 31: 168-182.

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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. This helps to reduce the overall risk for the client. They get not only a security assessment, but a safety and operations assessment as well.