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through 2022. Aqua Literz and Aqua Blox drinking water will be provided to the city ‘s Emergency Management agency as part of its stock pile of emergency relief supplies, which ordinarily includes more than one million liters of water. This order is enough to hydrate more than 500,000 people in the event of a disaster and it eliminates the need for costly bottled water rotation every 1-2 years.

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Ask Betsy – (Think Dear Abby -- but for Business Continuity!)

DRII’s Women in Business Continuity Management will focus on education and safety.  Join the discussion on Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m. ET with Betsy Sayers, MBCP, ITIL, ICS – IT/DR. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Betsy will share her views on the best tools to communicate clearly — and with objectivity –while maintaining a style that honors who you are and what you believe.

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In the Know...

Manifesto for Organizational Resilience

Much debate has focused on the principles and practice of organizational resilience, and how this relates to the established business continuity management discipline. Read this BCI paper which provides clarity on the position of business continuity in the context of organizational resilience and the goal of collaboration between professionals across many management disciplines.

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Personal Protection

Desjardins Group, National Bank of Canada, Deloitte and RHEA Group announce the formation of a new cybersecurity non-profit and app for smartphone users.

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The People In Your Neighborhood

After a natural disaster hits, people are often left wondering how they’ll put their community back together. CNBC provides a list of 11 professions which ramp up their efforts to help with that return to normality.

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Readiness Begins at Home

With increased experience and awareness of resources, families are showing greater degrees of preparedness for hurricanes.

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A Nuclear Option

Nuclear operators look to demonstrate their improved safety procedures during Hurricane Florence, based on lessons learned from the Fukushima disaster.

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Away From the Storm

Shelter options are growing in the wake of large scale disasters. Recently, Airbnb sent out a request to hosts to open their homes for free to those displaced by Hurricane Florence.

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International Defense

Germany announces a new agency, intended to invest in cybersecurity research and reduce German reliance on other nations for digital technologies.

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BELFOR Property Restoration

A case study of how BELFOR helped a Ferguson Showroom/ Warehouse recover quickly from an unexpected tornado outbreak and met the customer's needs with dedicated customer service.

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Continuity Insights New York 2018

will be held October 22 in the Wyndham, just a few steps from NYC's Penn Station. CINY brings together BC professionals from industry and government to examine continuity and recovery planning.

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Powered for Patients Provides Guidance on Safeguarding Emergency Power for States in Hurricane Florence's Path

As the threat of Hurricane Florence intensifies, Powered for Patients, a 501c3 non-profit created after Hurricane Sandy, on Sept. 11 issued a press releaseurging government officials, utilities and healthcare facilities in Florence’s path to take important steps now to safeguard emergency power and accelerate prioritized power restoration for critical healthcare facilities impacted by Hurricane Florence. The non-profit’s mission is to safeguard emergency power and expedite power restoration for critical healthcare facilities by fostering increased collaboration and information sharing between critical healthcare facilities, government and utilities when emergency power is threatened during disasters. Powered for Patients has published an Emergency Power System Resilience Checklist that details the key steps facility managers should take before, during and after a disaster to safeguard emergency power systems.

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