Submitted by bert.struik on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 00:51
Using Hazus to calculate the potential losses from possible earthquakes and coastal flooding for the city of Vancouver. Work is undertaken as a combined effort between city and contract resources. nhc consulting is conducting elements of the flood loss-estimation.
Submitted by bert.struik on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 23:38
The Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP) was designed to strengthen community disaster management and health system capabilities of rural, remote, and coastal communities (RRC) through community-based action research that informed and influenced policy and practice. RDRP goals:
• Knowledge exchange and dissemination
• Community-based and collaborative action research
• Capacity building
• Development & piloting of an integrated resilience risk assessment & management framework
• Development of accessible, relevant tools and curriculum
Submitted by bert.struik on Mon, 09/02/2013 - 05:33
"Transport Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Coast Guard and Environment Canada, is commissioning a pan-Canadian risk assessment study on readiness to respond to ship-source spills in Canadian waters.
Submitted by bert.struik on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 19:35
Capabilities-based planning answers whether we have the right training, organizations, plans, people, leadership and management, equipment, and facilities to perform a required emergency task?
Submitted by bert.struik on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 18:06
Systrem to calculate the risk of any hazard and used to satisfy the requirement of the Federal Emergency Management Act (2007) that Ministers of all Federal Government departments identify the "... risks that are within or related to his or her area of responsibility ..." The AHRA comprehensively assesses the impact and likelihood of malicious and non-malicious hazards and threats that Canada faces over a five year period. It assesses the risks in an integrated way as that may be more broadly effective in reducing vulnerability of people, economics and the environment.
