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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

One only hopes that land-use planning will stem the flood of new construction in areas that are prone to inundation by rivers that burst their banks and seas that rise up and surge inland, eating away at properties and coastal defences as they go. It lacks a national emergency operations centre.

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Is Your Community Prepared for Flooding?

CCEM Strategies

The risk of flooding tends to change based on the season as it can be caused by snow melt, sudden and aggressive rain storms, rain on snow events, or debris in waterways causing overtopping of banks or sudden redirection of the waterway. sewer backup versus overland flooding).

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Why resilience is not the saviour of Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

For example, in the public sector, Scotland Emergency Planning Units have renamed themselves as ‘Resilience’ and I have seen a number of resilience roles within the banking sector. Having identified a risk, other disciplines within resilience can help mitigate the risk and provide ongoing monitoring.

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Why resilience is not the saviour of Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

For example, in the public sector, Scotland Emergency Planning Units have renamed themselves as ‘Resilience’ and I have seen a number of resilience roles within the banking sector. Having identified a risk, other disciplines within resilience can help mitigate the risk and provide ongoing monitoring.