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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.

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Amplifying School Security With Gunshot Detection Systems

Security Industry Association

These systems can be leveraged to quickly alert everyone of a dangerous situation, enabling them to react and respond before it is too late. Providing vital location information, including where in the building the incident is happening, cuts through typical alert delays and enables a more immediate response to be initiated.

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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of May 10; Updates from Cohesity, NuLink, Zerto & More

Solutions Review

With Cohesity Cloud Services for Government, agencies can utilize a fully managed backup as a service (BaaS) running on AWS GovCloud (US) from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read on for more Mezmo Drops New In-Stream Alert Features Mezmo’s Telemetry Pipeline can now trigger stateful alerts in stream.

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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors 

everbridge

This can include automated alerts, sirens, or mass messaging platforms to reach individuals across different locations. Automate severe weather alerts These alerts are crucial for organizations to ensure timely communication and response during winter storms.

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Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning

On Solve

For example, your organization may have a way to alert employees about an emergency, but have you considered how you would alert customers, clients and guests who happen to be on the premises when an incident occurs? Business continuity plans should be tested and evaluated regularly, at least once a year.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

To fulfill duty of care standards, corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and government agencies should evaluate and test the health of communication networks and information systems before a severe weather event occurs. They are responsible for ensuring public safety, emergency response, and timely community awareness.

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

everbridge

A partner can be anyone in your community who is likely to be involved in or impacted by a disaster, as well as government agencies. For example, local governments, community organizations, schools, and workplaces can make sure that people are properly prepared and trained to deal with a severe weather event.