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Interpreting the Pandemic for Decision Making and Action

Emergency Planning

As the Covid-19 pandemic progresses, causing distributed crises in one country after another, it is like watching all I have taught about for the last four decades flash past in a sort of speeded-up film. My primary message was that a pandemic is as much a socio-economic and behavioural problem as a medical and epidemiological one.

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How the supply chain can be impacted in a disaster

CCEM Strategies

Transportation is considered critical infrastructure for communities and their economies. The supply chain - how goods and services are transported along routes and channels - is like the main artery of a community. High winds and tidal surges can slow marine vessels and impact port operations.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. Therefore, the world community must take action immediately."

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Business, Interrupted: Supply Chain Lessons Learned

Castellan

Until complications compounded during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s not something most consumers thought much about. Boltz’s move into her new role was a step outside of her comfort zone and it was compounded by the pandemic. “In We switched over to virtual communication, super, super fast.”. The supply chain. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

everbridge

For example, this may include individuals who are seniors, have disabilities, have limited English proficiency, lack access to transportation, or lack financial resources. In order to prepare effectively, these community members must be identified. Create a Communication Plan that Fits Your Community.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

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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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Chapter 2, “Mutual Aid: Grassroots Model for Justice and Equity in Emergency Management” by Miriam Belblidia and Chenier Kliebert, describes successful lessons of a Mutual Aid Response Network (MARN) involving over 5,000 participants in a grassroots response to COVOID-19 pandemic and a record-breaking Gulf Coast hurricane season 2020.