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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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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. And they also know how to work with CI teams.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

Harrison has supported OBIM (formerly US-VISIT) in numerous capacities over the years, including overstay analysis, watchlist adjudications and customer relations. Most is the author of numerous research reports, as well as a contributor to several books. She also spent a year at U.S.

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CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE – READINESS & RESILIENCY

CCEM Strategies

Provincial, as well as Local Authorities, are aware of the owners and operators of CI in their territory. This is accomplished through the development, maintenance and testing of internal emergency management programs that are monitored and enforced by government authorities.

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Solving Business Challenges With Computer Vision: Artificial Intelligence Technologies Will Soon Be Transformative

Security Industry Association

Name an industry and surveillance is probably present in some shape or form. A potentially dangerous event involving obstructions or hazards in the loading dock, or a forklift being driven too fast or recklessly, could trigger an alert. All of this will bring us ever closer to Alan Turing’s vision of smarter machines.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Preparedness funding has ebbed and flowed over the years, peaking a few years after 9/11 and gradually decreasing with health security grant programs decreasing by a third to as much as half from their peaks, with similar reductions across all-hazards emergency management grant programs. For all other bills (i.e.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

For small businesses, it is common to have just one all-encompassing plan. One important thing to know is that the Business Continuity Plan should contain all the information required to implement the processes and strategies to perform the business functions contained in the plan. Do we need to hire new workers?