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It’s Emergency Preparedness Week. Are you prepared for disaster?

CCEM Strategies

EP Week is a reminder for us to be prepared for any type of emergency and encourages everyone to take these three simple steps : Know the risks. Make a plan. Get, or build, an emergency kit. Encourage management to promote and participate in these activities too.

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Five ways to improve campus safety and security

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Especially because “ K-12 schools and higher education institutions are the second most common location, after businesses, for active shooter incidents in the U.S. Gain valuable insights from nearly 800 security professionals on key initiatives and actionable recommendations inside the Everbridge 2023 Active Shooter Preparedness Report.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. Earthquake disaster risk assessment and evaluation for Turkey. To know whether a reinforced concrete building is safe to live in would require knowledge of:- the shear resistance (i.e.,

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ALERT READY: TIPS TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE NATIONAL PUBLIC ALERTING SYSTEM

CCEM Strategies

Now that the Canadian government has launched Alert Ready - Canada’s National Public Alerting System, it’s important to consider how this affects your business’ emergency plans , and how to modify them moving forward. Now that you have the steps to re-evaluate your existing emergency plans, it’s time to put them to the test!

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

Provincial and local authorities are aware of the owners and operators of CI in their regions and together, they work to create and test emergency plans that will ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, long before an incident occurs.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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Technology allows for the optimization and automation of appropriate incident response, including early warning systems, standard operating procedures, escalation policies, best practices, and response team and device activations. Severe weather emergencies can add stress to communication infrastructure when it is needed most.

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A man walks into a room

Emergency Planning

Our man had to construct it for himself, very much the active, not the passive, form of learning. Rather than courses on how to use technology, or how to get a well-paying job, perhaps we need instruction on how to look, listen and evaluate. We, especially in universities, receive much of our reality directly from others.

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