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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Thus, identifying and planning for the risks of potential disasters, such as a pandemic, is the first step to ensuring that communities and regions are prepared for them. In particular, COVID-19 has had disproportionate effects on low-income communities of color and front-line workers.

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Chronic Hazards

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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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Preparing Chemical Facilities for Hurricane Season

National Fire Protection Association

Chemical facilities pose a special risk Hurricanes can cause significant damage to chemical facilities, in particular, and potentially lead to environmental and safety hazards. More specifically, NFPA 1660 addresses hurricanes in multiple chapters in Annex A, along with multiple chapters advising incident pre-planning processes.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

Specified goals vary by jurisdiction, but the main aims are to be able to leverage public sector resources in mitigation and attribution, as well as to encourage more robust operational resiliency. There are several steps financial institutions can take to improve response time and ensure readiness when a crisis strikes.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

The ten sectors of CI CI includes vital assets and systems such as food supply, electricity grids, transportation, communications, public safety systems and more. Collaborative interagency and government planning processes that include response strategy development and exercises and training, further strengthen programs and capabilities.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation. 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.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

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Hurricanes pose immense risk to the safety of an organization’s people, the continuity of operations, and the connectivity of communications systems. During a hurricane, critical event managers must be able to communicate crucial safety information to the people for which they are responsible. GET IN TOUCH.