Wednesday, February 12, 2025

NFPA 1600/NFPA 1660 and ISO 22301 Compared

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  NFPA 1600 / NFPA 1660 & ISO 22301 A Comparison NFPA 1600 “Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management,” 2019 edition and ...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

NFPA 1600 +1610 +1616 = NFPA 1660

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NFPA 1660, Standard for Emergency, Continuity, and Crisis Management: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery , 2024 edition has been approved ...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Emergency Operations Plans

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  An employee complains of chest pains. A delivery truck backs into the gas meter, and a strong odor of gas invades the building. A “suspici...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

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 Winter Weather Preparedness & Response Arctic freeze, heavy snow, high winds, blizzard conditions, freezing rain, and flooding are wint...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Integrated Preparedness Program

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Coordinated development and implementation of program  elements can reap significant benefits. The objectives of a preparedness program a...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Civil Unrest

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Amid the anxiety and angst of the worst pandemic in 100 years, the elimination of social injustice has been the rallying cry of protesters...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Incident Management System

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Florida SERT Chief briefs staff managing concurrent responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and Hurricane Isaias. The ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Building Resilience: ISO Standard for Business Continuity Updated

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Business interruption and the potential impact on revenues, profits, contracts, and customers is an ever present concern for business exe...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Cybersecurity Month

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photo credit: niccs.us-cert.gov October is Cybersecurity Month, reminding us that we must constantly protect our digital information...
Friday, September 13, 2019

September is National Preparedness Month

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September is National Preparedness Month.  Preparedness is defined by DHS/FEMA as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Financial Risks of Climate Change: CFO's Should Pay Attention

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National Hurricane Center, NOAA At the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network Annual Meeting, held on June 11, 2019, Zurich Insurance Grou...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

NFPA 1600 2019 Edition: A Resource for Every Practitioner and Auditor

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                                                         Risk and Resilience Hub Don Schmidt, Preparedness, LLC CEO was recently publi...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Hurricane Preparedness

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As the 2019 Hurricane Season is upon us, officially beginning on June 1 st , we have already had one named storm.  Storms do not check t...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Severe Weather Preparedness

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Springtime brings a welcome change in seasons.  Along with blooming flowers and trees and warmer temperatures, it also marks the start ...
Monday, May 6, 2019

Business Impact Analysis: Vulnerabilities, Loss Potential and Mitigation

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Donald L. Schmidt spoke at RIMS2019 , the Risk & Insurance Management Society's annual conference, on the value of the business i...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

NFPA 1600 2019 Edition Webinar

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NFPA has published the 2019 edition of NFPA 1600, “Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management.” In this webinar Don Schmidt...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

CFOs May Be Held Accountable for Climate Change Catastrophes that Affect a Company's Bottom Line

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FM Global’s, Report Master the Disaster Report: Why CFOs Must Initiate Natural Catastrophe Preparedness in 2019 and Beyond [1] make...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

NFPA 1600 2019 Edition Published

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The 2019 edition of NFPA 1600 “Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management” has been published by the National Fire Prote...