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PRIMA webinars feature subject matter experts who share best practices regarding timely public risk management topics. Audience participation is encouraged via real time polls and a live “Ask the Expert” session at the end of each Webinar. And best of all, PRIMA webinars are free for members!
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By Lucy Wallwork
 While climate change is a global topic, events like the catastrophic floods in Houston after Hurricane Harvey remind us that the consequences can be very local. Scenes of floating trucks and ruined homes are exclamation points in the debate over climate change. In between such events, it can be difficult to build momentum in the debate over urban resilience to increasingly severe weather patterns. But when disaster strikes, the shortcomings can become all too obvious.
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Governing
Miami-Dade County plans to order evacuations for Miami Beach and much of the mainland coast in advance of Hurricane Irma's menacing track toward South Florida.
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said to expect evacuation orders late Wednesday or early Thursday, but emergency officials who report to him are already assuming hundreds of thousands of residents will be asked to leave their homes in the coming days out of fears of historic coastal flooding from Irma.
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Forbes
Although Hurricane Harvey’s impact on personal lives is catastrophic, its impact on big business, especially as reflected by the reaction of financial markets, has been wholly underwhelming. In fact, the only real story here is that there hasn’t been one.
Houston is one of the most important economic crossroads in the United States.
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PRIMA
Crafted by risk management experts, the curriculum is designed to equip risk management professionals with the knowledge, skills and ability to implement ERM in their respective organization using the ISO 31000 standard. Participants have the option to either attend the ERM training for individuals at public sector entities or the ERM training for individuals at higher education institutions.
Attendees are trained by PRIMA’s ERM training faculty. The faculty is comprised of subject matter experts who teach the fundamental components of the ISO 31000 standard. Further, the instructors use applied case studies to teach the ERM implementation process.
Click here for the early bird rate at the upcoming PRIMA ERM training session in San Diego, CA, November 14-15.
Government Technology
It used to be that the term “automation” meant robotic arms in factories doing repetitive tasks — fastening one part to another, drilling a screw, folding a piece of material. These days, the word means a lot more.
AI means automation beyond the physical. It means automation of the tasks that previously took a living brain to complete — things like conversation, data analysis, even driving.
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Nextgov
Unfortunately, we don’t yet have technology that can prevent a storm of the magnitude of Hurricane Harvey from devastating our cities and towns. But it can help in the response, and even provide valuable information for citizens trying to survive a catastrophic event.
One key is properly locating backup and recovery systems for government agencies.
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Business 2 Community
Security has always been about accepting and managing risk. It’s not about becoming the most secure company; its goal is to protect against likely threats to your unique organization. But how do you know when a new risk crops up? And how can you stay on top of this in a rapidly changing cloud environment with more endpoints to monitor?
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PBS Newshour
All disasters — wildfires, earthquakes, pandemics, terror attacks and of course, hurricanes — cause upheaval and loss. But not all receive special emergency federal funding.
As Hurricane Harvey continues wreaking havoc on the Houston region, here is a quick look at what we know about government spending on natural disasters, an increasingly controversial topic.
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EHS Today
Effective risk management starts with identifying and addressing hazards before incidents occur. While most safety professionals understand that a thorough job safety analysis is a trusted process for evaluating workplace hazards, the challenges of carrying them out often derail companies from completing them.
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The New York Times
Cities across the country that live with the threat of disaster — from earthquakes in San Francisco to hurricanes in Miami — are anxiously watching the catastrophe unfolding in Houston for lessons learned, cautionary tales, anything to soften the blow when their residents are the ones in danger.
“We know we are racing against the clock,” said Elaine Forbes, the executive director of the Port of San Francisco, her office buttressed by a century-old sea wall that could collapse in an earthquake. “Seeing Houston stoked the fire.”
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Sometimes the headlines say it all. The Fontana Police Department in California recently announced body cameras as an essential part of their gear. Local media reported it as FPD "joining 21st century policing" with advanced tools. That's what body cams have become today — advanced tools to help in better policing. The technology is being rapidly adopted by agencies across the nation and will soon become a necessary part of an officer's gear.
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The Drive
When we reported on the Federal Aviation Administration telling recreational drone users to keep their vehicles grounded during the disastrous consequences of Hurricane Harvey last Saturday, we urged anyone in the vicinity to comply. In an emergency situation as perilous as this, it’s important not to interfere with those in charge of rescue operations.
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Route Fifty
There’s no doubt about it. Natural disasters like Harvey are massive threats to public health.
The immediate wake of the storm has left hundreds of thousands of people without access to their normal health care routines. Dialysis appointments can’t be reached, cancer treatments are on standby, basic tasks like refilling prescriptions become herculean challenges.
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