If disaster were to strike right now, would your family be prepared? Disaster can happen at any time and at any place. Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States, and floods claim more lives in the U.S. than tornados, hurricanes or lightening. Flash floods are the most dangerous type of floods, …
Public/Private Partnerships – An overview
The concept of public/private partnerships has been all the rage in emergency management, crisis management, and business continuity circles for the past several years. But what does that really mean for the crisis management / business continuity professional and the business that you support? Earlier this decade, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began talking …
Resilient Communities Need Public/Private Partnerships to Survive
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey (USA) as a strong, slow moving Category I hurricane. At the time, the author was the Head of Global Crisis Management & Business Continuity for one of the world’s largest retailers. In Sandy’s path that day lay more than 200 of our stores, multiple …
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