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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. The new version presents 89 major hazards and threats that could potentially disrupt life in the United Kingdom and possibly cause casualties and damage. The 2023 NRR is clear and concise.

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NFPA and Mike Holt Enterprises Collaborate to Publish 2023 NEC Changes Book Due Out This Fall

National Fire Protection Association

It probably comes as no surprise when we hear people say our world has become increasingly complex with regard to all things electrical. and is applied extensively across the globe to safeguard people and property from electrical hazards. Today, NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code (NEC®) remains the most widely used code in the U.S.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Review of Case Studies in Disaster Recovery – A Volume in the Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation Series. Volume Editor: Jane Kushma, Ph.D. December 2022. Paperback ISBN: 9780128095744 eBook ISBN: 9780128095362.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1] 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. the 'violent' level. [2]

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New NFPA research reports Shine a Spotlight on Fatal and Non-Fatal Electrical Injuries at work – Just in Time for National Electrical Safety Month

National Fire Protection Association

Each May, NFPA actively supports National Electrical Safety Month, a campaign sponsored by Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), which raises awareness of potential home electrical hazards, the importance of electrical fire safety, and the safety of all electrical and non-electrical workers.

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Emergency Planning

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Two years ago, the journal published its first issue to contain 100 papers. This makes it all the more likely that earlier work will unknowingly be repeated.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

These may be published separately in an academic journal. It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".