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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses the different emergency response and business continuity issues to consider after an incident, and how both teams can communicate efficiently. In manufacturing, even if there is no formal business continuity plan in place, there are often emergency response plans.

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

Emergency Planning

In the world as a whole, there has been a gradual process of demilitarisation of emergency response. Meanwhile, in Britain, there were shortcomings in the response to the 1999 Ladbroke Grove train crash, particularly in the treatment of the survivors. The lineaments of the system reflect military practice.

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Improving Animal Rescue Response Times through WIRES

everbridge

We also deployed two WIRES emergency response staff and vehicles to affected regions and were able to maintain regular contact and allocate urgent rescues to them via xMatters. More positively, hundreds of exhausted animals were rescued, including orphaned joeys, wombats and bandicoots, echidnas and many waterlogged birds.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Emergency response has three ingredients: plans, procedures and improvisation. They ensure that responsibilities are fully assigned, that participants in the response have well-defined roles and that needs are identified in time to supply them.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

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. Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.

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Hurricane Season is Approaching ? Are You Prepared?

Fusion Risk Management

Crisis Programs and Hurricane-specific Response Programs. It is also important to have crisis and scenario-specific emergency response programs related to hurricanes to be able to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unique challenges of these massive storms. There is no way to prepare for everything.

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Surveillance and Beyond: How Autonomous Indoor Drones Address Security and Operational Challenges

Security Industry Association

Warehouses and Logistics In the complex and expansive environment of logistics and warehousing, indoor drones have become essential assets, navigating through aisles and over obstacles with precision. These proactive measures ensure that drones are a responsible and effective solution for modern security challenges.