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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

everbridge

By recognizing that hazards, including severe weather events, are unpredictable and cannot be completely prevented, emergency managers can instead focus their efforts on promoting a resilient organization. Preparing for hazards can involve planning and training with departments, jurisdictions, agencies, and community members.

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Business Continuity Planning for Schools

Plan B Consulting

First of all, when working within education, you must look at the threats. Schools should have business continuity plans in place, as we know that any disruption to children’s education can have a lasting impact. Schools face a wide variety of threats which don’t all fit neatly into the box of business continuity.

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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

everbridge

Rapid and effective emergency communication during severe weather is key to providing real-time safety information to employees and customers. They are responsible for ensuring public safety, emergency response, and timely community awareness. Hurricane Preparedness on Campus. How to Prepare Your Business for a Hurricane.

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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation

Security Industry Association

Video surveillance and analytics are crucial in mitigating physical security issues and problems on college, university and medical campuses. It helps detect unauthorized access, suspicious activities or safety hazards, allowing for swift intervention. This involves not just technology but an evaluation of operational processes, too.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

The bureaucratic approach Emphasis is quite rightly placed on mitigating these impacts and preparing to adapt our lives and livelihoods to climate change. He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility. Apocalypse How? Kerslake, B.