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- the actions taken by an organization in response to unexpected events that are adversely affecting people or resources and threatening the continued operation of the organization. Disaster management includes the...
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- MyRapidMD, a Medical Alert Company, Invited to Attend FEMA Region IX Collaboration & Disaster Management Solutions Conference
- MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- MyRapidMD has been invited to attend the CDMS conference sponsored by FEMA Region IX and the American Red Cross. As an invite only event the uniqueness of a CDMS conference is its size. CDMS provides a very unique and hands on environment for its attendees...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Drexel University to Host "ReadinessNow": A Summit for Disaster Management Training
- PHILADELPHIA -- On October 23, 2006 local corporations, first responders and subject matter experts will gather at Drexel University for the area's first ReadinessNow Summit for disaster management training, featuring Mark Schweiker, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, as keynote speaker along with Dr....
- Research articles 2006-10-17
- ImageWare Systems Announces Disaster Management Solution
- SAN DIEGO -- ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), a leading developer and provider of identity management solutions, today announced the company continues to deliver comprehensive identity management capabilities with the launch of its IWSTM Disaster Management solution suite designed specifically to address mission-critical disaster recovery and emergency management initiatives.
- Research articles 2006-07-26
- Nokia looks for new destinations for managed services hub
- Nokia is on the lookout for a new location in India to replicate the managed-services network hub to continue the business as a part of its disaster management plan. Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune, and Bangalore are under consideration. Apart from Hutchison, the CNokia is on the lookout for a new location...
- Research articles 2006-06-25
- US Coast Guard San Francisco Puts Coach2100 Technology to the Test; Breakthrough Disaster Management System Proves Real-Time Interoperability and Information-Sharing Capabilities in Destroyed Infrastructure Environment
- SAN FRANCISCO -- COACH2100, Inc., the leader in Command and Control Disaster Management applications, today announced the successful demonstration and testing of its technology by the United States Coast Guard Sector San Francisco USCG San Francisco. Coach2100 demonstrated that its technology is capable in assisting the agency during a destroyed...
- Research articles 2006-09-13
- World Trade Center recovery: a challenge to traditional disaster management
- How FEMA initiated new thinking and new systems to address multiple interests in determining eligible applicants, work, and funding in response to September 11, 2001.
- Research articles 2002-03-22
- Elsevier Science will launch Disaster Management & Response in January. (Related News in Brief).
- Elsevier Science will launch Disaster Management & Response in January, a quarterly journal produced in partnership with the Emergency Nurses Association (Des Plaines, IL). The title will focus on the health care management of issues associated w Elsevier Science will launch Disaster Management & Response in...
- Research articles 2002-12-31
- ISRAEL: MAGEN DAVID ADOM WORKSHOP.(disaster management workshop)(Brief Article)
- Magen David Adom in Israel MDA is hosting its first ever disaster management workshop on November 10th and 11th,. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC, the International Federation of Re Magen David Adom in Israel MDA...
- Research articles 2003-11-09
- Media Advisory: Public Safety Canada Announces Support for Canadian Red Cross' Partnerships in Disaster Management.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, May 9, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- During Emergency Preparedness Week, Canadian Red Cross President, Jane McGowan and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will announce the Government of Canada's support for OTTAWA, ONTARIO, May 9, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX --...
- Research articles 2007-05-09
- Sustainability And Disaster Management
- Sustainability is a integrative policy agenda often treated as unrelated to disaster management. This paper argues that not only are the two domains related, but are closely connected in terms of substantive issues and of underlying research and policy challenges. The paper examines shared attributes of problems in sustainability and...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- National Institutional Capacities For Disaster Management
- This paper considers issues pertaining to national institutional disaster management systems, with particular reference to Ethiopia. It further describes the concept of "Humanitarian governance" and suggests that it may be an effective way of addressing some of the shortcomings of the current international and national responses to humanitarian crises. The...
- White papers 2003-01-15
- SDI Conceptual Modeling For Disaster Management
- One of the main challenges of disaster management concerns to proper management of information. In more details, while most of the information required for disaster management has spatial component or location, current studies show that there are different problems with collection, dissemination, access and usage of spatial data/information for disaster...
- White papers 2005-09-19
- Self-Organizing Information Systems For Disaster Management
- This paper discusses different research challenges for the design and implementation of decentralized information systems on top of dynamic, highly flexible, self-organizing networks. Existing research in this area mainly addresses low level concerns, such as routing protocols and energy consumption. To cope with the growing complexity of future applications, more...
- White papers 2006-07-21
- Lessons Learned From Disaster Management
- The DEFACTO system is a multiagent based tool for training incident commanders of large scale disasters. In this paper, we highlight some of the lessons that we have learned from our interaction with the Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD and how they have affected the way that we continued the...
- White papers 2006-02-08
- Today's Exercise: Terrorist Attack!
- Although the Business Continuity Plan BCP or Continuity of Operations Plan COOP may be completed it is never finalized. Periodic testing (or "Exercising") and update are required to maintain the effectiveness of the plan. One of the most interesting and challenging Tabletop or Simulation Exercises is the Terrorist Attack disaster...
- White papers 2004-05-17
- The Role of Uncertainty on Alternative Disaster Management Strategies
- The purpose of this paper is to examine how Cost-Benefit Analysis CBA can be utilized to evaluate the attractiveness of mitigation for lifeline systems subject to earthquake ground motion. The paper proposes a framework for the CBA that can be used in conjunction with work being completed by other researchers...
- White papers 2001-10-22
- Real Time Space Remote Sensing Data and GIS for Oil Spill Disaster Management in Nigerian Niger Delta: A Call for Paradigm Change
- Oil spill disaster has been a major concern in the Niger delta of Nigeria. It is a major source of agitation and a threat to national unity and survival. The paper examines the nature of oil spill disaster in the Niger delta and identifies the contribution of real-time space remote...
- White papers 2002-08-21
- The Internet: A Global Approach to Information Sharing
- The Internet is a viable approach to link the disaster management world together and communicate the disaster preparedness and prevention message to practitioners and the masses. The Internet has come into its own as the communication and commerce means envisioned and anticipated by its earliest proponents. Information is power and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Securing the Supply Chain Against Disaster
- September 11 has increased awareness of the need for a continuity plan for the supply chain in the event of natural or man-made disasters. A mitigation program based on collaboration is a key component of any such plan. Instancing this, the article shows accepted steps for planning the disaster management...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Horizontal political externalities: the supply and demand of disaster management.
- ABSTRACT This Article discusses the dynamics of shared political accountability and provides a supply- and demand-side analysis of disaster management. Because multiple levels of government share political accountability in national scale disasters, disaster management is subject to a collective action problem. Introducing the...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
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