Develop an Emergency Operations Plan to Guard Against All Hazards
Alert Media
MARCH 8, 2024
When disaster strikes, you need a plan to protect your employees and ensure continuity. Learn how to implement an emergency operations plan.
Crisis Management Skills: Effective Leadership for All Hazards
Alert Media
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Train your crisis leadership team in these core crisis management skills to better prepare them for emergency situations.
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Be Prepared for Anything: The All-Hazards Approach to Emergency Management
Alert Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
The post Be Prepared for Anything: The All-Hazards Approach to Emergency Management appeared first on AlertMedia.
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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers
everbridge
AUGUST 31, 2022
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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More Tornado Info from ASCE
Recovery Diva
DECEMBER 30, 2021
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. Washington Post Guest Essay: Prevatt (2021) “We can build houses to survive tornadoes like Kentucky suffered. We just haven’t.”
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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences
Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Many of the news media that have reported the disaster have presented it as the result of inescapable terrestrial forces. How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. Ecemis, S.Z. Korkmaz, M.H. Korkmaz 2021.
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The Hazard of Mixing Chemicals
National Fire Protection Association
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
We have all heard there are chemicals that we cannot mix together. It all started when a waste company began pumping sludge out of a local plant. These materials are candidates for extinguishing systems that use media other than water until the damage potential of the fire approaches the replacement cost of the process equipment.
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How to prepare your business to deal with an emergency this summer
CCEM Strategies
JUNE 5, 2023
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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Chronic Hazards
everbridge
MAY 2, 2023
Four steps for organizations to proactively address chronic hazards Global climate change continues to have a profound impact on businesses worldwide, with chronic hazards such as flooding, wildfires, and extreme weather conditions posing a significant risk to industries.
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Evaluating the Safety, Hazards, and Risks in Your Organization’s Physical Environments
Business Resilience Decoded
APRIL 13, 2023
Episode 144: Evaluating the Safety, Hazards, and Risks in Your Organization’s Physical Environments When was the last time you evaluated the threats to your physical environment? The local climate and weather patterns, access to strong internet and cell phone service, and political risks are all impacted by your geography.
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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management
Recovery Diva
MAY 12, 2022
The principles establish a high and, for all the authors of this volume, a necessary standard for the aspirations of emergency managers and the communities they serve, to work toward disaster recovery processes and practices whereby: #1 ….all The Chapter 1 Introduction by Jerolleman and Waugh sets forth four principles of “Just Recovery.”
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As Egg Prices Continue to Soar, Ensure DIY Chicken Coop Projects Are Done Safely
National Fire Protection Association
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Poor attempts at dad jokes aside, record-high egg prices are something we are all facing at the moment and, frankly, don’t find all that funny. All electrical equipment that is used in chicken coops, such as heat lamps and electrically heated poultry waterers, should be listed by a qualified testing laboratory.
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Ranging from emergency response plans for a particular hazard onsite, to plans of how an office-based department will move to a work area recovery location or to another office. They bared no resemblance to the threats the organisation had, and were basically all the same with different titles.
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Ranging from emergency response plans for a particular hazard onsite, to plans of how an office-based department will move to a work area recovery location or to another office. They bared no resemblance to the threats the organisation had, and were basically all the same with different titles.
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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors
everbridge
DECEMBER 11, 2023
This includes utilizing various communication channels such as email, SMS, phone calls, and social media updates to keep everyone informed and safe. Establish communication channels with local media outlets to disseminate information to a broader audience and encourage residents to stay informed.
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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times
MHA Consulting
JUNE 1, 2023
Threat intelligence empowers organizations to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with threats of all types, thus helping them protect their assets, reputation, and business continuity. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, and Department of Homeland Security. By creating a funnel.
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Inclement weather response demands attention
everbridge
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
By adopting technology into common practices, we can vastly improve our response to all kinds of inclement weather and disasters such as winter storms, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Smartphone apps and social media platforms can provide real-time updates that can potentially save lives.
Book Review: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina
Recovery Diva
JUNE 30, 2022
Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. The book also recaps the legacy of race in the Americas and its impact on both media coverage and government response during and after Katrina. Chapter 2 then turns its focus to the media focus on race and rioting, as discussed previously in this review.
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Ranging from emergency response plans for a particular hazard onsite, to plans of how an office-based department will move to a work area recovery location or to another office. They bared no resemblance to the threats the organisation had, and were basically all the same with different titles.
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Business Continuity Planning for Schools
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 15, 2024
First of all, when working within education, you must look at the threats. Schools face a wide variety of threats which don’t all fit neatly into the box of business continuity. Some schools are poorly maintained, old, with obsolete facilities such as catering and heating, and may have hazards such as asbestos or RAC.
Conspiracy Theory Brewing Over Chicken Farm Fires Is False, Experts Say
National Fire Protection Association
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
million followers on the popular social media website—have pointed to incidents like a fire that killed 100,000 chickens at a farm in Connecticut on January 28 and a fire in December that killed 250,000 chickens at a farm in Pennsylvania. It’s just the opposite, actually.
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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis
Reciprocity
APRIL 4, 2022
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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The 7 Deadly Sins of Exercises
Business Resilience Decoded
AUGUST 26, 2021
Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin. As Rick puts it: “After I break all your windows and fill your basement with water, I leave.” • Organizations don’t put enough effort into our Exercise Evaluation Guides. LinkedIn: [link] • Disaster Recovery Journal: [link] Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin.
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Exercises
Business Resilience Decoded
AUGUST 26, 2021
Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin. As Rick puts it: “After I break all your windows and fill your basement with water, I leave.” • Organizations don’t put enough effort into our Exercise Evaluation Guides. LinkedIn: [link] • Disaster Recovery Journal: [link] Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin.
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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist
Online Computers
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The first step in preparing for a disaster is to assess all the potential risks and hazards to your business, and then prioritize them based on their likelihood of occurring. A good way to visualize threats to business continuity is to create a risk map , which is a graphical representation of all risks and their impacts.
Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant
MHA Consulting
APRIL 27, 2024
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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Strategies for Digital Risk Protection
Reciprocity
APRIL 4, 2022
This refers to all risks introduced by service providers and third parties working with your enterprise. Any hazards associated with cloud architectural changes, the use of new platforms such as IoT devices, or new IT systems can lead to digital risk. Digital connections are essential. Third-Party Risk. Technology. Identification.
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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane
everbridge
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
A unified critical event management platform can automate emergency notifications and communications, while centralizing all event activity. Optimize communication between local and regional governments, first responders, and all staff to avoid unsuccessful emergency notifications. Emergency Management During a Hurricane.
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Takeda Becomes First to Earn Diamond Tier Status for Best in Resilience™ Certification
everbridge
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Takeda also employs an open-source intelligence solution, Signal, for identifying risks to personnel and business operations as well as scours social media and the dark web for potential hazards.
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Knowing Is More Than Half the Battle
Security Industry Association
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Emerging technology that integrates threat data to streamline the management process is vital to an organization’s security strategy, allowing executives and analysts to detect, deter, disrupt and defend against hazards that present a clear and present danger to life safety, infrastructure, networks and brands. Scaling Threat Identification.
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PREPARING COASTAL BUSINESSES FOR THE BIG 3 - #2 EARTHQUAKES
CCEM Strategies
OCTOBER 7, 2020
What can you do to mitigate hazards? By assessing earthquake-related hazards, you can plan and take advance action to limit the damage earthquakes may cause to your business. To enhance your awareness of what you could be dealing with should an earthquake occur, consider your geographic location. Does the building have brick façade?
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Exercises
Business Resilience Decoded
AUGUST 26, 2021
Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin. As Rick puts it: “After I break all your windows and fill your basement with water, I leave.” • Organizations don’t put enough effort into our Exercise Evaluation Guides. LinkedIn: [link] • Disaster Recovery Journal: [link] Episode 75: This week’s podcast is all about sin.
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5 Steps To Developing A Corporate Compliance Program
Reciprocity
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Thanks to social media, word of a business breaching a code of conduct or misbehaving can spread quickly. Compliance programs are not one-size-fits-all. At worst, you’ll have no program at all. Try to find and understand them all. Establish two-way communication at all levels. Maintain steady discipline.
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Plan B Consulting
MAY 25, 2018
I have tried using an enterprise risk framework of hazard risk, financial risk, operational risk and strategic risk, but this seems too wide and goes into areas such as financial risk or business strategies, which I believe are beyond the remit of the business continuity manager. This is what I have so far: 1. Political a. Economic a.
Developing a Reputation Risk Management Framework
Plan B Consulting
MAY 25, 2018
I have tried using an enterprise risk framework of hazard risk, financial risk, operational risk and strategic risk, but this seems too wide and goes into areas such as financial risk or business strategies, which I believe are beyond the remit of the business continuity manager. This is what I have so far: 1. Political. Hostile takeover b.
Common Misconceptions about Disaster
Emergency Planning
MARCH 7, 2019
Myth 16: The mass media create an accurate picture of the disasters on which they report. Reality: There is a pervasive tendency for the media to exaggerate and distort disaster-related information. Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Very rarely are journalists ever expert on disasters and crises.
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Risk Managers: Is Today’s Violence Worse than the 1960’s? Yes, and Why You Should Care (Sorry, Jim and Max)
Alternative Resiliency Services Corp
JUNE 27, 2017
Technology All of the above points are enabled with technology that the 60’s would have marveled at. Today’s bad actors also have social media and communications capabilities far beyond the 60’s. Social media is a force multiplier for radicalization. Media presence? Why is this not tamped down?
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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards
Security Industry Association
MAY 2, 2023
Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA’s) Transportation Worker Identification Credential, hazardous materials, Flight Training Security Program and TSA PreCheck, along with managing the successful deployment of multiple statewide and agency-specific enrollment programs. The event is free for all government employees, including U.S.
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Preparing for the Wildfire Season
Disaster Recovery
JULY 15, 2019
Health hazards are particularly common during wildfire outbreaks, especially in the case of older people and those with heart or respiratory issues. Stay informed on where to access wildfire related alerts, warnings and notifications such as air quality indices, public service announcements (PSAs) and updates across social media channels.
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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning
everbridge
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. While people always come first, it is as important to locate all of your organization’s assets. Where is your inventory?
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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation
Security Industry Association
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
We know what it takes to operate successfully and confidently in these arenas daily to protect and preserve each party’s interests to deliver better service for all. What will never change is IXP’s vision to make all communities in which they operate safer. A true partner with staying power, not just a drive-by consultant.
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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Reciprocity
AUGUST 18, 2022
Your ERM program should encompass all aspects of risk management and response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters. Identified risks are analyzed to assess both their likelihood and hazard potential. Risk Response.
5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Reciprocity
MARCH 28, 2022
Your enterprise risk management (ERM) program – one that encompasses all aspects of risk management and risk response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters – should involve strategic, high-level risk management decision-making.
Racial Disparities and COVID-19
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
MAY 13, 2020
Although COVID-19 has been called the “great equalizer” on different media platforms , the data tell a different story. all of these percentages of positive cases are current as of 5/13/2020). All of these factors have likely contributed to the disproportionate number of positive case and mortality rates of minorities in the US.
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