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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Hurricane Lee is expected to gain strength as it travels toward the Caribbean and Bahamas at the end of the week. Business owners can also utilize the NFPA Emergency Preparedness Checklist, which helps people identify where to focus their emergency preparedness efforts. These resources are free and can be easily shared.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome. They will need a constant supply of adequate personal protective equipment.

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Why did they not anticipate that a quarantine scheme might be needed?

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. I try not to criticise the government. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Setting up the quarantine scheme.

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Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?

Plan B Consulting

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. The incident manifested differently from what they thought and therefore required a different response to what they had planned.

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Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?

Plan B Consulting

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. The incident manifested differently from what they thought and therefore required a different response to what they had planned.