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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

susceptible t o fads and fashions instead of true paradigms? By contrast, a fad or fashion involves imitation rather than strictly parallel endeavour (a fad is a more pejorative version of a fashion). Fads and fashions are far too imitative to be efficient, effective ways of addressing our problems.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes. The tragedy lies in their non-observance and the paucity of retrofitting. It is these that collapse.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

I cleave to the old-fashioned view that publishing should take place to further the sharing of good ideas. This reminded me that perhaps 70 per cent of academic publishing is for personnel reasons (to get a job, keep a job, obtain a salary raise, or achieve promotion).

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A man walks into a room

Emergency Planning

It has a reddish tinge, which leaves him open to much ridicule both in the streets and at fashionable gatherings. He could never know that even his preparatory sketches would eventually fetch more than $50 million each at auction. Our man has long, blond hair–or is it blond? His eyes are blue.

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Ransomware attack: Who ya gonna call, Mike?

Plan B Consulting

A while ago I was the Emergency Planning Manager for a large company, as they had many international travellers, travelling to all parts of the world. Attacks take place over hours and days Attacks and negotiations are conducted in a speedy fashion over hours and days, not weeks and months like during a kidnap negotiation.

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Ransomware attack: Who ya gonna call, Mike?

Plan B Consulting

A while ago I was the Emergency Planning Manager for a large company, as they had many international travellers, travelling to all parts of the world. Attacks and negotiations are conducted in a speedy fashion over hours and days, not weeks and months like during a kidnap negotiation. Attacks take place over hours and days.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

Threats come in fashions and cyber is the big threat of the moment. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. If in doubt, come and base your organisation in Glasgow or the West Coast of Scotland, we have plenty of water here!