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How to Offload Your Risk to a Third Party

MHA Consulting

Risk transference is one of the four main strategies organizations can use to mitigate risk. There are four main strategies for mitigating risk : ยท Risk acceptance: Making a conscious decision to remain vulnerable to a potential harm, usually based on a cost-benefit analysis. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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

Security Industry Association

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. Where people gather and the energy and excitement rise, it is always possible for accidents or deliberate acts to occur.

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Customer Value Story: Integrating Risk Management and Incident Management

LogisManager

By adopting a holistic approach to risk management, Winona Health is better positioned to mitigate risks before they turn into real threats. This implementation presented logistical challenges as well. This will give them the ability to make informed, confident business decisions.โ€. Winona Health: Case Study Company Profile.

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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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Customer Value Story: YMCA of Greater Boston and Incident Management

LogisManager

Managing these incidents, including policy violations and safety-related incidents such as slips, trips, and falls, proved to be logistically challenging using a manual process. This increased confidence in their metrics and has enabled more time to be spent developing effective mitigation activities that prevent incidents from reoccurring.

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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.