Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

It was also recognised that there was a need to improve post-quake response through public and specialist training for emergency and civil defence volunteers. Additionally, it was acknowledged that old buildings needed to undergo structural assessments and improvements to enhance their resilience to earthquakes.

Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning Communications Resilience Government 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. This week I will discuss why I don’t think resilience is the saviour the business continuity world is looking for.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Audit Crisis Management 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. This week I will discuss why I don’t think resilience is the saviour the business continuity world is looking for.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Audit Crisis Management 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The ability of ISIS so far, not to be terribly affected by the bombing campaign, got me thinking about resilience and whether they may be fairly resilient. Resilience is the trendy word of the moment and everybody seems to want a piece of it. My impression is that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Strategic Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The ability of ISIS so far, not to be terribly affected by the bombing campaign, got me thinking about resilience and whether they may be fairly resilient. Resilience is the trendy word of the moment and everybody seems to want a piece of it. My impression is that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Strategic Emergency Planning 52

CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

This is because, long before an incident occurs, CI operators work with governments to create and test emergency plans to ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, to deal with unforeseen disruptions.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Authorization 52

Emergency Planning

MARCH 15, 2020

Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar and killed 136,000 of its citizens, in part because they had no role in creating resilience against such an event. Looking at the current British response to Covid-19, it is difficult to see quite where all that effort on pandemic emergency planning went.

Emergency Response 130

Emergency Response Emergency Response Pandemic Emergency Planning 130

Castellan

AUGUST 2, 2022

Drawing on respondents’ answers, the report finds that even with the increased severe weather potential, along with long-term climate risks , many organizations are still not approaching these events from a resilience management perspective. It may also be helpful to have them develop a family emergency plan.

Response Plan 52

Response Plan Resilience Business Continuity Communications 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

Government 52

Government Consulting Emergency Planning Resilience 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

Government 52

Government Consulting Emergency Planning Resilience 52

CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Review and Enhance Flood Plans Your community already has emergency plans, and you may even have flood-specific plans. Review the plans and think about how flooding might impact your community. Who and what areas in your community are most vulnerable to flooding?

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Natural Hazard Transportation 52

Emergency Planning

APRIL 26, 2019

It took 15 years of hard work, tenacity, resilience, patience and persistence. This, of course, was nothing in comparison with the hard work, tenacity, resilience, patience and persistence of the people who actually live there (I tried to do that too, but the 1980 earthquake drove me out).

Travel 130

Travel Alert Resilience 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

Government 40

Government Consulting Emergency Planning Resilience 40

Emergency Planning

MAY 27, 2019

Towards the end of his life he became preoccupied with the threat of the Universal Deluge (in this he was not alone: see my paper on the etymology of the term 'resilience'). Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. These can cause sudden, catastrophic floods, often compounded by wind or hail damage.

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard Risk Reduction All-Hazards Hazard 130

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are living in a golden age in terms of the easy availability of high-quality information on how organizations can make themselves more resilient.

BCM 92

BCM All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard 92

CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2018

Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens. All of these stakeholders are responsible to prepare for disasters and contribute to community resiliency - no exceptions.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard Emergency Planning 52

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. So, how can public and private sectors cultivate climate change resilience? WATCH NOW: ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE DURING A SEVERE WEATHER CRISIS.

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

Recommendations for a Post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework to Strengthen the Resilience of Communities to All Hazards. Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction 10(B): 403-502. GNCSODR 2015. Views From the Frontline: Beyond 2015.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Disaster Recovery

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Climate change can make regional weather conditions more erratic, resulting in sudden rises in sea levels, droughts or other changes that businesses with conventional emergency plans might not be prepared for. Climate Change Resiliency. Resource Management. Business as usual is giving way to continuous transformation.

Hazard 40

Hazard Manufacturing Disaster Recovery Resilience 40

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 52

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 52

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Emergency Planning

APRIL 9, 2020

Disaster gold rushes, sophisms and academic neocolonialism: comments on ‘Earthquake disasters and resilience in the global North’. Huge Covid-19 output prompting ‘sea change’ in access to research. Times Higher Education , April 9, 2020. Geographical Journal 179(3): 272-277. Gaillard, J-C. Gomez 2015.

Publishing 130

Publishing Fashion Activation Authorization 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

The fact that disaster happens can be used in a positive way to increase resilience against future impacts. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises. In the best instances, reconstruction can produce a better, safer, more attractive environment than existed before the disaster.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 40

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 40

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

Strategies to Maximize Impact on IER Funding The IER Funding Program presents an opportunity for communities to assess and fortify their emergency management programs through engagement. Build on and reference existing risk assessments, plans, and other program elements.

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Outage Fashion Business Recovery 40

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Outage Fashion Business Recovery 40

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Several arguments can be marshalled against the idea of community resilience:- The concept of 'community' has no inherent geographical scale. The struggle to create community resilience pits organised collective action against individualism. But how does this translate into community resilience? Free Press, New York, 188 pp.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

everbridge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Download now 5 ways to bolster school and campus safety Emergency plans Strategize with emergency plans and drills. A resilient campus safety strategy starts with meticulously crafted emergency plans. Validate planning. Drive strong return on resilience investments.

Security 52

Security Emergency Planning Education Activation 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 40

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 40

CCEM Strategies

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Related posts Tips to prepare your workforce for an earthquake Preparing coastal businesses for the big one—a major earthquake Canada’s critical infrastructure – readiness & resiliency Top 10 must-haves for your office's emergency preparedness kit Register for ShakeOUtBC

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Education Resilience Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning

MARCH 23, 2022

The purpose of this charter is to specify the responsibilities of the state and citizens in the field of resilience against disasters, crises and major public emergencies and incidents. The future of humanity will involve very significant challenges in order to create and maintain resilience. Plans should be networked.

Resilience 244

Resilience All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard 244

CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens. All these stakeholders are responsible to prepare for disasters and contribute to community resiliency. Contact us today and let’s get the conversation started.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Emergency Planning Continuity Planning Hazard 52