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Increase Community Resilience for Extreme Cold Emergencies

CCEM Strategies

During extreme cold events, people in rural communities may experience increased difficulty in accessing services such as healthcare, emergency shelters, and reliable critical infrastructure like telecommunication, transportation, and day-to-day supply chains (food, fuel, imported goods).

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

This textbook provides a multitude of case studies each written by academics who are actively teaching and/or have developed curriculum in the fields of crisis, disaster, and/or emergency management with a specific focus on vulnerable populations that are the weakest links in the hazard-risk chain.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Emergency Planning

As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all. Fortunately, despite continual disruption of healthcare, the effect of Covid-19 has so far been limited (600 deaths in a population of 11.5 Haiti has long had a shortage of all three. million), but in mid-August 2021 only 0.1%

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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis

Reciprocity

A risk assessment evaluates all the potential risks to your organization’s ability to do business. Many organizations use risk management and compliance software to help them manage all the tasks associated with risk assessment, analysis, and management. Various types of hazards must be considered. Economic risk.

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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

MHA Consulting

I guess you could say we are Boy Scouts, or nerds, or idealists; when it comes to business continuity, all three are true. All that’s required is to allow your senior management to remain in the dark about what BC is and why it’s important for the organization to become good at it. We practice what we preach and believe in what we do.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

A unified critical event management platform can automate emergency notifications and communications, while centralizing all event activity. Hurricane Preparedness for Healthcare Facilities. Failure to do so can leave healthcare staff unable to provide adequate care. Emergency Management During a Hurricane.

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How Mercedes-AMG F1 and Pure Storage Put Safety First

Pure Storage

This commitment to safety sets the bar high for innovators in every industry, from healthcare to data storage. Of course, they’re faster than ever, but they’ve also become far safer—all without sacrificing performance. You might not see all of these features on-screen, but they’re there, and they provide some serious peace of mind.