Shaking The Foundations: Japan continues to increase spending to ensure infrastructure can handle natural disasters

By Editor|2021-01-19T12:06:56+00:00January 19th, 2021|

With natural disasters being a constant threat, Japan has traditionally paid a lot of attention to disaster mitigation technologies. To ensure that approach remains strong, the government of Japan announced a new round of funding [...]

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New Year, New Plan:  With the calendar changing over, it’s time to review and update your business continuity plan

By Editor|2021-01-19T12:04:06+00:00January 19th, 2021|

Business continuity plans should be regularly revisited, as the business landscape in general and company conditions in specific can change rapidly. Speaking of the current environment, Donald C. Bluedorn II told Smart Business, “Things are much different [...]

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The Cost of Crisis: As disasters become more frequent and expensive, the need to update US disaster policy grows

By Editor|2021-01-19T12:02:36+00:00January 19th, 2021|

Even without considering the challenges imposed by COVID, 2020 was a record setting year for disasters in the United States, with 22 different weather and climate related events causing more than a billion dollars in [...]

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Bank On It: Food banks often find themselves excluded from emergency planning

By Editor|2021-01-19T12:00:24+00:00January 19th, 2021|

With food being an immediate concern after people are displaced by a natural disaster, food banks are increasingly calling for their increased involvement in emergency planning. “Food banks and food are kind of always the secondary [...]

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