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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

Ensuring Canada’s Critical Infrastructure system is ready and resilient Can you imagine what would happen if an incident such as a natural disaster compromised our transportation, food or even energy Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems? In November 2021, British Columbians didn’t have to. And they also know how to work with CI teams.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. So, how can public and private sectors cultivate climate change resilience? WATCH NOW: ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE DURING A SEVERE WEATHER CRISIS.

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ISC East Announces First Keynote Speaker for 2023 Conference

Security Industry Association

Greg Ehrie, Chief Security Officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to Headline Keynote Speaker Series NORWALK, Conn. — Through his insights, security novices and professionals alike will learn how an expansive and multifaceted organization like the Port Authority prioritizes security to protect all its stakeholders.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”. For years, local authorities have been starved of funds and resources. The local level. As clarity is essential, it should be written in plain English, not legalese.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Recently, I spoke to a senior emergency planner who has worked for years in the transportation and nuclear industries. Billions will have to be spent on making the country's infrastructure more resilient against this sort of event. They are managed by the country's local resilience forums. These are rather ambiguous bodies.

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Omnibus Funding Package for 2023: What’s Relevant for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

billion (largely reflecting funding levels set in the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act) – $69.3 billion more than the Biden Administration requested Transportation Security Administration – $9.3 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments – $164.9 Defense Department – $797.7