We live in a world with many hazards—human-caused, natural, and technological. Preparedness is essential to protect people, property, commerce, the environment, brand, image and, reputation. An understanding of hazards and risk is essential to finding ways to prevent hazards or to mitigate the impacts of hazards we can't prevent. An understanding of hazards and impacts is necessary to develop capabilities to respond to emergencies. In this blog I will comment on hazards, impacts, emergency planning, business continuity, laws, regulations, standards, and related topics. I have also posted technical information and many links to other resources on my website: https://preparednessllc.com/.