National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFPA has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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All-Hazards Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction 105

Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It can also mean communication over very long distances, leading to the adoption of common agendas among disparate groups of people.

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Natural Hazard All-Hazards Entertainment Transportation 199

CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

Public Safety Canada defines CI as the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government. CI can be stand-alone, or cross provincial and/or national borders.

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Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Transportation 52

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

Source: Government of Canada January 2024 – Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) warns of extreme cold that could last for several days, with temperatures reaching as low as –50 degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) with wind chill.

Resilience 64

Resilience Transportation Vulnerability Telecommunications 64

CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Communities (First Nations, Towns, Villages, Districts, Counties, etc.) Review and Enhance Flood Plans Your community already has emergency plans, and you may even have flood-specific plans. Review the plans and think about how flooding might impact your community.

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All-Hazards Hazard Natural Hazard Transportation 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Why did they not anticipate that a quarantine scheme might be needed?

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Logistics 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. I try not to criticise the government. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Setting up the quarantine scheme.

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Business Continuity 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. In today’s post, we’ll list and link to some of MHA’s best-ever resources on the art of communicating during a crisis. We’ve written a lot about crisis communications over the years. Keep it simple.

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Communications BCM Crisis Management Media 94

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example: Risk assessments and emergency and business continuity plans now need to consider Indigenous knowledge, climate change, cultural safety, and impacts on vulnerable persons, animals, places or things. In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s

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Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves. Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. Prepare My Business for an Emergency.

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BCM All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard 92

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Reality: The imposition of martial law after disaster is extremely rare and implies that normal mechanisms of government were never effective in any way. Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

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Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2020

In a similar way, the Wetherspoons Chairman Tim Martin, sent a video message to staff to say they would not be paid after that Friday while the company works out details of a furlough scheme under which the government will pay 80% of wages. He advised them to get a job at Tesco in the meantime.

Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning Banking Publishing Continuity Professionals 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2020

In a similar way, the Wetherspoons Chairman Tim Martin, sent a video message to staff to say they would not be paid after that Friday while the company works out details of a furlough scheme under which the government will pay 80% of wages. He advised them to get a job at Tesco in the meantime.

Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning Banking Publishing Continuity Professionals 52

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

When I started in emergency planning in the water industry, Anglian Water, who I was working for at the time, had no plans for dealing with a lack of water, contaminated water and sewage flooding incidents. When the London bombings occurred in 2007, the exact same recommendation was made in the report.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

When I started in emergency planning in the water industry, Anglian Water, who I was working for at the time, had no plans for dealing with a lack of water, contaminated water and sewage flooding incidents. When the London bombings occurred in 2007, the exact same recommendation was made in the report.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

During these kinds of severe weather events, Governments, multilateral donors, and business executives alike have a responsibility, whether moral or legal, to respond effectively and efficiently in order to protect people, assets, and facilities from harm. They are investing in data collection from spatial and hyper-local data.

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Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

” moment, SEPA has done the whole of the Scottish Government sector a favour by not paying the ransom. Ransomware gangs have had quite a lot of success with attacks on local government in the USA, where a number of ransoms have been paid for the quick restoration of their systems. We’ll just set aboot ye.”

Communications 52

Communications Media Government Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

” moment, SEPA has done the whole of the Scottish Government sector a favour by not paying the ransom. Ransomware gangs have had quite a lot of success with attacks on local government in the USA, where a number of ransoms have been paid for the quick restoration of their systems. We’ll just set aboot ye.”

Communications 52

Communications Media Government Publishing 52

CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

While it may seem obvious that government is responsible for emergency management and planning, this perception doesn’t show the full picture. Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Emergency Planning Continuity Planning Hazard 52

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

The result is a communication process which has been termed chronic contagion (Pomerantsev 2019). Arbitrary rule is, of course, nothing new, but what is new is the role of networked electronic communication. Anomie and shortage of disaster governance. Property norms and looting: their patterns in community crisis.

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Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130