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Increase Community Resilience for Extreme Cold Emergencies

CCEM Strategies

The impact of cold emergencies goes beyond discomfort. It can result in power outages, transportation disruptions, and, most critically, could pose serious health risks to people. Understanding local risk profiles helps mitigate, prepare for, and respond to extreme cold emergencies. Especially vulnerable populations.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Recently, I spoke to a senior emergency planner who has worked for years in the transportation and nuclear industries. Billions will have to be spent on making the country's infrastructure more resilient against this sort of event. It lacks a national emergency operations centre. Emergency planning is a vital occupation.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

Ensuring Canada’s Critical Infrastructure system is ready and resilient Can you imagine what would happen if an incident such as a natural disaster compromised our transportation, food or even energy Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems? In November 2021, British Columbians didn’t have to.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”. A strategy Unfortunately, there is a very high likelihood that the UK will have to face major emergencies that are even more challenging than those of the post-War period so far.

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Is Your Community Prepared for Flooding?

CCEM Strategies

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. Once flood waters arrive, normal routes of transportation and emergency responders may not be available.

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Business Impacts of Climate Change

Disaster Recovery

C already implies a mammoth transformation in how industries leverage energy, land, transport, industrial systems and other resources. 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.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

As the transport and operation of field hospitals tends to be expensive and logistically challenging, in some cases it may be more efficient to attempt to restore or augment existing hospitals in the area, even if they are significantly damaged. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.