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Chronic Hazards

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Four steps for organizations to proactively address chronic hazards Global climate change continues to have a profound impact on businesses worldwide, with chronic hazards such as flooding, wildfires, and extreme weather conditions posing a significant risk to industries.

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

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By recognizing that hazards, including severe weather events, are unpredictable and cannot be completely prevented, emergency managers can instead focus their efforts on promoting a resilient organization. Preparing for hazards can involve planning and training with departments, jurisdictions, agencies, and community members.

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

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An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. Many of the news media that have reported the disaster have presented it as the result of inescapable terrestrial forces. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

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To fulfill duty of care standards, corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and government agencies should evaluate and test the health of communication networks and information systems before a severe weather event occurs. Hurricane Preparedness on Campus. DOWNLOAD SEVERE WEATHER BEST PRACTICES.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Exercises

Business Resilience Decoded

Rick and Vanessa hit on these key points: • One problem with traditional crisis response is it is usually limited to response, leaving out such critical steps as prevention and mitigation. He is a former firefighter who designs, delivers, and evaluates readiness exercises to improve resilience to all hazards.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Exercises

Business Resilience Decoded

Rick and Vanessa hit on these key points: • One problem with traditional crisis response is it is usually limited to response, leaving out such critical steps as prevention and mitigation. He is a former firefighter who designs, delivers, and evaluates readiness exercises to improve resilience to all hazards. LinkedIn: [link].

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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The two fundamental components of ERM are (1) the evaluation of significant risks, followed by (2) application of adequate responses. Mitigating or reducing the risk by internal controls or other risk-prevention measures. When establishing an ERM program, risk mitigation is a paramount concern. ERM’s Ultimate Objective.