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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. Our operational and facilities experiences help us bring value beyond security when conducting risk assessments and training.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

s current emergency management legislation (the Emergency Program Act ), the B.C. s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disaster management governance in B.C. NDP has tabled the new Bill 31 – 2023: Emergency and Disaster Management Act. In 2019, B.C.

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Community Emergency Managers: Maximize Impact with B.C.’s New Indigenous Engagement Funding

CCEM Strategies

s recent allocation of $18 million for Indigenous engagement is a critical opportunity for communities to increase preparedness through consultation and collaboration and meet new emergency management legislative requirements. s new Emergency and Disaster Management Act (EDMA) was passed, replacing the previous Emergency Program Act.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S. Constructing Risk is a fully developed treatise on the current state of art of disaster risk and “development,” represented by planning, design and construction of the built environment. Hardback 978-`-80073-162-2 $60.00; Ebook 978-1-80073-163-9 $29.95

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A Five-Minute Plea for Better Civil Protection

Emergency Planning

Make emergency planning and management a key profession: develop it nationally. Involve the population through consultation and the development of organised voluntarism. By and large, governments do not want to know about disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk reduction cannot be based on a narrow view of the problem.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss?