Urban Resilience

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:59:38+00:00January 18th, 2017|

Emergency management based on the involvement of community groups is starting as preparation for extreme weather events in Toronto, according to the CBC. Green 13 and Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) met with emergency management [...]

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Framing a Picture

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:42:56+00:00January 18th, 2017|

A new update to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework was announced in January. According to Biometric Update, the original framework was due to a presidential executive order in February [...]

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A Pound of Cure

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:40:16+00:00January 18th, 2017|

With overdoses of drugs such as Fentanyl making headlines, overdose reversal drugs are getting increased attention. An article in JD News reports the local use of Narcan in treating overdoses in Jacksonville, NC. Local law [...]

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The High Price of Education

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:38:59+00:00January 18th, 2017|

A high profile case of ransomware, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, hit a California college hard last month. Los Angeles Valley College got hacked and held for ransom to the tune of $28,000 in [...]

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Emergency Growth

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:46:08+00:00January 18th, 2016|

Emergency management is spurring growth in related sectors such as resilience planning and business continuity, opening up new job opportunities, especially in Portland, writes Melody Finnemore in the Portland-Tribune. She cites the U.S. Bureau of [...]

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Crisis Conditions

By Editor|2019-03-25T17:41:33+00:00January 18th, 2016|

A recent article by crisis management strategist Melissa Agnes in Forbes outlines what she considers to be three important crisis management trend projections for 2017. Livestreaming and the perception of transparency during a crisis, both [...]

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