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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Thus, identifying and planning for the risks of potential disasters, such as a pandemic, is the first step to ensuring that communities and regions are prepared for them. Although each hazard mitigation plan is approved by FEMA, each state widely varies in how thoroughly it includes pandemic risk assessment and strategy in the plan.

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Building Resilient Communities in the Face of Extreme Heat

CCEM Strategies

This can create very hazardous conditions, especially for vulnerable populations. The majority of those who lost their lives were part of a vulnerable population - older adults with compromised health who lived alone. Identify and support vulnerable populations. Develop response plans.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

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. Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. Plans should be networked. Preamble 1.1

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How Data Fuels Modern Fire Safety Operations—and Keeps Communities Safe

Pure Storage

Data sources include: Community demographic data for risk assessment and response planning Geolocation data for incident response and reporting, performance tracking, etc. Weather data for enriching incident and response data, enhancing decision-making, etc.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. Talks about the need for business to be prepared for three types of hazards, natural, human-caused, and technology-related.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

To minimize disruption from third-party attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, ransomware, and nation-state threats, regulators around the world are implementing landmark incident reporting standards. There are several steps financial institutions can take to improve response time and ensure readiness when a crisis strikes.

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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis

Reciprocity

Various types of hazards must be considered. After identifying hazards and risks, consider how they are harmful and the possible outcomes. Implement controls and risk response plans to prevent and mitigate risk. So would a zero-day attack, in which hackers exploit a previously unknown vulnerability. Economic risk.