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How to prepare your business to deal with an emergency this summer

CCEM Strategies

Summer is not without its share of hazards due to the hot weather. From storms triggering electrical outages to droughts and heat domes that can contribute to wildfires (which in turn can cause poor air quality), all these hazards have the potential to cause detrimental impacts to your organization.

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NCDP 20th Anniversary Reflections and Impacts

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. Below are reflections and commentary from members of the NCDP team. residents since the Civil War.

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DDoS Attacks

Disaster Recovery

Defining these cyber hazards can be tricky. All online entities are vulnerable to these hazards. Upgrade Website Capacity. By increasing your website’s capacity you can seamlessly handle the extra load and resolve dips in website performance during traffic spikes. DDoS Attacks.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Disaster is fundamentally a social phenomenon.

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PagerDuty Responds to the Climate Imperative By Addressing Injustice With New Philanthropic Partners by Olivia Khalili

PagerDuty

While these changes affect all of us, it is those with the fewest resources who will suffer the most. Ensuring that the most marginalized are protected from environmental hazards and the impacts of climate change, as well as emerging health threats, requires a collaborative and systemic approach. Investing in Future World Leaders.

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Staying Prepared for an Approaching Storm

Disaster Recovery

Fill all vehicles to more than half their fuel capacity during the hurricane season. Maintain an inventory of all items at home – devices, appliances, precious items, apparel etc. Make sure that evacuation kits contain all the essential items. Waterproof preservation of all important documents. Develop plans.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

At the same time, we see widening inequalities in who has access to recovery resources, and disparities in vulnerability that are too often predictable by socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. Amidst all of this, we are overly dependent on a shadow budget for disaster response and relief that no one is planning.