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Forbes
Weather caused 90 percent of global disasters according to a recent report entitled, “The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters 1995 to 2015.” The report was issued by The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters and The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The report utilized one of the world’s most comprehensive databases called the Emergency Events Database , which archives information on natural disasters over the period 1900 to the present.
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CMS Wire
Have you ever played Monopoly?
Players compete to win by either having more money when the game ends if there is a time limit or by being the only one left standing after all the others have gone bankrupt.
Now imagine this in a risk management scenario, where the executive team is playing against its main competitors.
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Reuters via Fox News
Your doctor might not ask you about gun safety, but she should, according to physicians writing in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Asking about firearm access is an issue of health — just like asking about car seats, alcohol use, sexual behavior and smoking," coauthor Dr. Megan L. Ranney from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island told Reuters Health by email.
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Campus Safety
Active shooter incidents are becoming more frequent on school campuses with the number of mass shootings increasing, according to the FBI. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the Georgetown County School District embarked on a three-pronged approach to creating a comprehensive safety program. Using this comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach, the district has been able to effectively cultivate a culture of safety on campus.
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USA Today
With the summer mosquito-season fast approaching, the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan compromise that would provide $1.1 billion to help public health officials battle the Zika virus as it begins to threaten the continental United States.
Senators voted 68-29 to advance an amendment by Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., to provide the emergency funding, which would be used for mosquito control, public education and the development of a vaccine.
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FORTUNE
Nuclear power has long been controversial, and the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 cemented its image as risky and dangerous.
But the U.S. — and the world — might need to rethink that position. As renewable energy becomes increasingly urgent, nuclear energy shouldn’t be discounted. In fact, it should be embraced according to Andy Karsner, managing partner at Emerson Collective and a senior strategist at Google’s moonshot lab.
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The Washington Post
The horrific Amtrak wreck that killed eight people and injured 159 in Philadelphia last year could have been prevented if hardware installed on the train had been switched on, according to investigators.
The engineer also might have been distracted by radio traffic about rock throwing involving a SEPTA commuter train, although he told investigators last year that he was not overly worried by the incident.
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CFO
As CFO, you’re charged with ensuring that your organization is positioned to deal effectively with all kinds of risks — operational, financial, reputational, and strategic. Assessing your organization’s risk profile through the prism of its portfolio of projects and programs can be a good place to start. Projects are how you implement your strategy; project management is about having a structured approach to driving business results.
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Canadian Facility Management & Design
According to the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, many businesses are ill-prepared for an emergency, mostly because they have an attitude of: “It can’t happen here.” But it can.
An Insurance Bureau of Canada report found that nearly 4,000 earthquakes rattle the country every year.
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News & Observer
Thinking about moving to a new city on the beach? Or maybe you’re moving abroad, for adventure or work?
Before you relocate, you can now check the likelihood your new home could destroyed by a tornado, earthquake or host of other natural disasters. A new tool released by the World Bank, which uses open-source data to determine the risk of natural disaster in a particular area, allows citizens to find the risk in their city or state, or in another country.
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