anthropogenic (human-caused) disasters

A coalition of community groups in McLean have slated a public-safety-preparedness event for Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 270 in McLean. “Keeping the Doors Open After a Disaster” will look at business continuity in the wake of natural or man-made disasters. The event is ...

It's no secret that Oregon is not prepared for the “Big One” if the Cascadia Subduction Zone quake were to occur today. The threat of a catastrophic (Richter Scale 9.0) earthquake in Oregon is real. In January, my office released an audit finding Oregon's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is not ...

We all know it is not feasible or desirable to have the entire Congress vote on every action the President proposes, but there must be a way to protect our great country from a man-made disaster. A friend jokingly said electing a woman would eliminate man-made disasters. That being said, the Congress ...

... throughout the news conference and video transmissions for emergency situation news conferences for natural and manmade disasters. Though the bill only applies to emergency news conferences, Lafazan said this was the first step for Nassau County to integrate American Sign Language interpreters ...

The wildfires that recently swept through California presented county officials and law enforcement with a set of incredibly complex and in some cases unprecedented challenges. The fires reached densely populated urban areas, damaged cell towers and inhibited communications. To make matters worse, ...

... innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills -- manmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences. A new study takes a cue from leaf structure to fabricate material that can separate oil and water, which could lead to safer and more efficient oil spill clean-up methods.

The tragedy that struck the forests of Theni in the southern district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, which took 11 young lives, leaving a few more battling at various hospitals, is believed to be nothing short of a man-made disaster. Though the unsuspecting trekkers were left to the fury of nature, it is now beyond ...

PORVORIM: The State Disaster Management Authority met on Monday where minister for revenue and information technology Rohan Khaunte stressed on preventive measures to address natural and man-made disasters. Khaunte stressed on coordination between various departments and called for a ...

Equally as important, the dense and diffuse nature of these networks will also bolster redundancy, further hardening wireless systems in the face of natural and man-made disasters. Such is critical in a city and state where these concerns are omnipresent. As with every new generation of wireless service, ...

In a world more threatened than ever by intense natural disasters, or the risks of man-made disasters, the microgrid is a cost of doing business for some organizations. Hospitals and Universities have been some of the early adopters of microgrid solutions, for much of the same reason data centers will begin ...

Porvorim: The State Disaster Management Authority met on Monday where minister for revenue and information technology Rohan Khaunte stressed on preventive measures to address natural and man-made disasters. We have defined the role of the collector of North and South Goa, the role of the police ...

Seventy years ago, in response to the threat of a nuclear war, a group of scientists created the Doomsday Clock, a symbol to represent the likelihood of a man-made disaster. Originally set at seven minutes to midnight, the hands of the clock have been moved backward or forward 24 times. In January of this ...

The 90-minute program will provide information about common types of natural and man-made disasters and teach effective ways to prepare for, respond to and recover from them as an individual, family and community. Topics slated to be discussed include: communication plans, fire safety, severe ...

An emergency would be defined as a natural or man-made disaster or emergency, including a weather-related event, earthquake, fire, riot, war or threat of war or terrorist attack. The term of the emergency includes the imminent alert issued in the National Terrorism Advisory System by the United States ...

Health information exchanges (HIEs) can be part of an effective response to natural or manmade disasters, according to CMS and ONC officials, but that requires agencies and healthcare organizations have a plan before a disaster strikes. In a presentation at HIMSS18, Commander Samuel Schaffzin, MPA, ...

But while tsunami evacuation routes are long planned, a man-made disaster may require improvisation. Tsunami evacuation drills happen biennially — one full-scale drill happened just last year, according to Civil Defense head Talmadge Magno. But has there ever been a drill for, say, a petroleum tank ...

Unicef: Preventing humanitarian aid in Syria making man-made disaster worse. LACHLAN FORSYTH. Last updated 23:16, February 26 2018. 15. A young Syrian boy lies on an operating bed at an emergency room in the rebel. Ammar SULEIMAN/AFP. A young Syrian boy lies on an operating bed at an emergency room in ...

Image Attribute: Eastern Ghouta, bombarded afresh on Sunday, has been a scene of a unremitting human suffering for years. Hamza Al-Ajweh / AFP. More than 500 people have been killed and 2,500 wounded in a week of the bombardment (began last Sunday) of the Eastern Ghouta enclave near the ...

All nations face man-made disasters. The Japanese people have faced many. Airline crashes, train accidents and shipwrecks have killed thousands in Japan. In America, the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster wrecked our Gulf of Mexico environment. We've had many other man-made disasters. We didn't give ...