Emergency Management

Interoperability in Ontario

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:39:58 +0000

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- Author: Christel Ivanyshyn, ABCP CMMII (EM Professional)

UNISDR Brochure - Is Your Business Disaster Proof?

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:03:14 +0000

- Author: Lara Deacon

Award Survey from Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilient Communities Working Group

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:48:09 +0000

The Resilient Communities Working Group under Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction has generated a survey to inform on the development of two Canadian awards, the "Resilient Community Award" and the "Disaster Resilience - Children and Youth Award". The awards would be presented to Canadian communities and children/youth that have made…

- Author: Lara Deacon

Advancing Interoperability in Ontario

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:31:35 +0000

As part of POINT's continuing mandate to develop strategies to advance interoperability within the Province, the draft Interoperability Strategy for Ontario was developed. The strategy is based on and aligns with the Communications Interoperability Strategy for Canada and Action Plan by building on the fundamental principles of Governance,…

- Author: Christel Ivanyshyn, ABCP CMMII (EM Professional)

Last Reminder: WCDM Call for Papers closes Sunday Dec. 2, 2012

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:32:47 +0000

The WCDM Call for Papers attracts submissions from more than 35 different countries and selected speakers are invited to this annual event which is currently in its 23rd year. The deadline to submit is Dec. 2, 2012.

We will also be looking for abstracts that deal with the impact of the global economic downturn in terms of reduced budgets and…

- Author: Amanda Patrick

Can you plan for a career in Emergency Management?

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:33:05 +0000

I'm curious as to others opinions on whether it is possible to plan for a career in emergency management. When I started my certificate program a year ago, I felt certain that I was entering a growing field. By the time I graduated last April, I felt a lot differently. A lot of this has to do with the changes in government, as well as the state of…

- Author: Alexandra Lawless

Establishing a Disaster and Emergency Management Standard – A best practice example from Germany

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:42:16 +0000

Within the last few years, the Canadian Standards Association has begun establishing a new Standard for Disaster and Emergency Management, called CSA Z 1600. This standard is still in the evaluation process and leans directly onto the U.S. Standard NFPA 1600, which was already established by the U.S. Government. Both standards are building a…

- Author: Nils Fabian

American Heat Training Videos

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:25:26 +0000

American Heat produces fire and emergency response training videos based on actual incidents. This link takes you to their web site. I have a collection of approximately 70 videos from the 1990's. This takes you to a list of the videos they produced. I can try to identify the specific ones I have if there is interest. Although they are a few…

- Author: William MacKay

Feedback on Round Table Discussion on Disaster Risk Reduction

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:27:54 +0000

The purpose of this article is to encourage those who attended or listened to the Round Table on Disaster Risk Reduction to put forth just one suggestion for a topic where PTSC-Online technology could be of assistance following the Round Table Discussion.

One topic that was discussed which could benefit from further discussion in a blog or…

- Author: William MacKay

World Conference on Disaster Management - Call for Papers

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:24:26 +0000

The World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) is now calling for presentations for the 23rd WCDM taking place June 23th - 26th, 2013 in Toronto, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

WCDM is proud to be the premier annual event for disaster management professionals, providing a global perspective on current issues and concerns in…

- Author: William MacKay