This paper discusses the important role of the private sector in emergency management and explores the interaction of businesses with government agencies during times of disaster.
This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various Executive Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 in Colorado.
A series of tornadoes killed at least 605 persons in the districts of Jamalpur and Tangail in Bangladesh on the evening of 13 May 1996. The objective of this study is to understand the reason why so many fatalities occurred from the tornadoes.
There is an "official" process a presidential disaster declaration usually follows, but the official procedure is sometimes short-circuited by governors and presidents in the interest of political responsiveness. This study investigated factors that propel a disaster event to approval by the president in the absence of meeting full administrative requirements.
The Colorado Resiliency and Recovery Office (CRRO) convened 18 stakeholders from federal, state, local government, non-government organizations and the private sector. All participants were asked to provide their professional perspective throughout their discussions to support CRRO and the State of Colorado's efforts to develop and implement the COResiliency Program.
In May 2021, the Colorado Resiliency Office (CRO) conducted the 2021 Resiliency Planning in Colorado Survey. This survey is a follow-up to the 2019 Resilience Planning in Colorado's Local Governments Survey Report, which provides a baseline for understanding the resilience-related needs of municipalities and counties in Colorado. The CRO collects data every two years to better understand how communities continue to plan for and implement resiliency activities, so that the CRO can continue to develop and provide resources in response to changing local government needs and priorities.
This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various Executive Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 in Colorado.
This case study developed as part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. This case study concentrates why the Utah legislature waited 13 years to re-establish a seismic safety commission.
The research questions were to what extent is the response to a disaster in a small town/rural area involving responders from multiple emergency response jurisdictional entities such as that of the downed United Flight 93 enhanced by: 1) serious exercising of existing emergency response plans and 2) personal knowledge of and trust in fellow emergency responders, especially those in charge.
