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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

Print 0 46 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA At the time of writing this, the UK Government has just released the 2023 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR, HM Government 2023). In this, the UK Government is honouring its promise to promote greater transparency in risk assessment.

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Federal Disaster Funding at Play in Fiscal Year 2024 and Government Shutdown Negotiations

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Members of Congress are negotiating a budget deal to fund the federal government for FY 2024, as well as a Continuing Resolution as a stopgap measure for the month of October to avoid a government shutdown.

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Comment re flood insurance

Recovery Diva

Reply from Jerry Quinn to the previous posting: Congress & the Executive branch are responsible for all hazards/risks. Their best & brightest can’t/don’t control hazards/risks brought on long ago by federal actions and decisions. Property owners, their state and the federal government need to finance the retreat.

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Hot Work: More than Welding, Cutting, and Burning

National Fire Protection Association

Hot work continues to be one of the most significant industrial hazards facing the world. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has found that hot work is one of the most common causes of worker death among incidents that it investigates. What are the associated hot work fire hazards? What is hot work?

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

everbridge

By recognizing that hazards, including severe weather events, are unpredictable and cannot be completely prevented, emergency managers can instead focus their efforts on promoting a resilient organization. Preparing for hazards can involve planning and training with departments, jurisdictions, agencies, and community members.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

This way the reader is given a roadmap to pick and choose from, if they wish so, the case studies written by various authors whose chapters span a wide variety of hazards as well as geographical and sociological settings all of which delve into a chosen aspect of disaster recovery towards building resiliency.

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More Tornado Info from ASCE

Recovery Diva

From the American Society of Civil Engineers, Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group: The StEER report on timpacts from 10 December 2021 tornado outbreak and accompanying media repository can be accessed below. NPR All Things Considered Interview: Civil engineers says buildings will need to prepare for stronger storms,” Audie Cornish: [link].