Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

In the case of radioactive emission, it has been estimated that the top event could be 20 times greater than that of Chornobyl in 1986, which covered the entire continent with radioactivity. One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 130

CCEM Strategies

AUGUST 9, 2023

In recent years, extreme heat events have become a growing concern here in Canada and around the world. Extreme heat events are periods of uncommonly high temperatures (often exceeding historical averages for a specific region) that last for an unusually long time.

Resilience 98

Resilience Response Plan Vulnerability Hazard 98

everbridge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

School officials, at K-12 and college campuses, need to implement solutions that can help prevent or mitigate the impact of these events. Download now 5 ways to bolster school and campus safety Emergency plans Strategize with emergency plans and drills.

Security 52

Security Emergency Planning Education Activation 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

There are three steps every organization should take ahead of time to ensure it can communicate effectively during an event: Prepare scripts for the four or five negative events that are most likely to happen. Identify and train the right spokespeople to comment to the media, speak on camera, and post to social media about the event.

Communications 94

Communications BCM Crisis Management Media 94

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. ) By the 1990s, the emergence of civil protection from the matrix of civil defence (Alexander 2002) had broadened the scope to the extent that there was a need for a more functional set of categories.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 I think these three events represent ‘traditional’ incidents that have taken place over the past few years. Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Scenario Planning Pandemic Travel 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

I think these three events represent ‘traditional’ incidents that have taken place over the past few years. Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one. In my reading, I came across the idea of hypercomplexity.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Scenario Planning Pandemic Travel 52