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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

National standards should be developed to ensure that emergency plans are functional and compatible with one another, and that they ensure the interoperability of emergency services and functions. All levels of public administration should be required to produce emergency plans and maintain them by means of periodic updates.

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How to include all types of volunteers in your emergency management plans

CCEM Strategies

Volunteers can be engaged in any type of emergency response—floods, wildfires, earthquakes and even acts of terror. Recent examples of volunteers emerging to support response and recovery operations during a disaster include BC’s 2021 atmospheric river and the 2022 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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Hurricane Season: Tips for Your Severe Weather Response Strategies

Castellan

Review your insurance policies to make sure you have flood and wind coverage as well as any coverage limits. Educate and train employees to be ready for response and recovery. It may also be helpful to have them develop a family emergency plan.