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Medicine and Preparedness: The 22 Medications You Need in Your Personal Stockpile

Disaster Preparedness

This may be easier said than done, since most drug insurance programs limit the amount you can obtain. Uncle Sam and Your Meds The government does even recommend you keep a small extra supply of medicine in case of a disaster. Try telling that to your insurance company though. Tell them you need an extended supply for a trip.

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Year in Review: Key Trends in Critical Event Management

everbridge

Climate-Fueled Severe Weather “Persistent climate change trends, with their escalating impact on severe weather events, have pushed climate change mitigation to the forefront of critical event management, underscoring the paramount importance of disaster preparedness.

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Tornadoes Devastate Midwest and Southern States

Risk Management Monitor

While Karen Clark & Company has estimated that the insured loss from the tornado outbreak will be about $3 billion, and credit rating agency Fitch predicted that losses would total $5 billion, Dr. Joel N. Businesses and risk professionals should prepare now for more frequent and intense weather events.

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Racial Disparities and COVID-19

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

As the world scrambles each week to grapple with the seemingly insurmountable number of positive cases and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, public policy is failing some of America’s most vulnerable communities. Compounding this, African Americans and Latinos on average have lower insurance coverage rates.

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National Preparedness Month Highlights the Move from “If” to “When” in Preparedness Planning

Castellan

According to the 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report , there are the top five events that led to business continuity response and recovery plan initiation in 2020: Pandemic/disease: 79% Power outages: 49% Hurricanes: 38% Fire/wildfires: 35% Cyber-attacks: 29%. What is This Year’s National Preparedness Month Theme?

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Testing, Testing: Our Best Blogs on BC Testing and Mock Disaster Exercises

MHA Consulting

Organizations should invite third-party experts, such as law enforcement officers, data security consultants, insurers, and public relations professionals to observe and provide feedback during cyber exercises. “Exercise Smarter: Include 3rd Party Experts In Your Cyber Exercises.”

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Testing, Testing: Our Best Blogs on BC Testing and Mock Disaster Exercises

MHA Consulting

Organizations should invite third-party experts, such as law enforcement officers, data security consultants, insurers, and public relations professionals to observe and provide feedback during cyber exercises. “Exercise Smarter: Include 3rd Party Experts In Your Cyber Exercises.”