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We continue to make improvements to our website and are happy to announce that members can now build out profiles for their student, professional and organizational memberships. We hope this will aid in networking with your peers and colleauges.
We have also included an events calendar that is open to organizational members to populate with their events.
We have update our membership benefits as well! We encourage you to take a look around and let us know what you think!
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#HazNet - Planning for climate resilient infrastructure
When evaluating the risk to infrastructure and the broader system it operates in, various elements need to be considered, such as exposure, vulnerability, capacity, maintenance needs, etc. Vulnerability assessments are instrumental to support lasting design and rehabilitation needs and can assist municipalities in their long-term asset management planning effort, allowing communities to inform decision-makers on priority investments.
haznet.ca/planning-climate-resilient-infrastructure/
This is why we need properly qualified Emergency Managers (Not to be confused with emergency services and response) who have undertaken specific studies in disasters and who are properly resourced, and authorised. It is their role to develop systems and processes to prevent or mitigate disasters and advocate for those who cannot. We need educational and career pathways for practitioners where they can build their skills, knowledge, experience and careers. The global community can no longer afford to place unqualified person in these positions, to tick a box when we know without a doubt that these types of events will continue, we need people who are specialised and whose knowledge has been evaluated. Emergency Management is a unique discipline progressing towards becoming a profession. We need to treat it as such and demand more from governments. These are the individuals that help to educate and empower communities. It does of course raise the most important question of what does qualified actually mean?
haznet.ca/understanding-risk-social-vulnerability-index-canada/
As we continue featuring new articles from HazNet that focus on the 1st step in the Sendai Framework, understand risk, we look a this initiative from Public Safety Canada for developing a national social vulnerability index for equity-informed emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction programs.
How will you find this useful?
This new HazNet article is timely...
"Understanding risk: Advancing Flood Hazard mapping and information in Canada". To learn more visit haznet.ca/understanding-risk-advancing-flood-hazard-mapping-information-canada/
Our mission is to bring together the disaster risk management community to increase resiliency through the transfer of knowledge, the building of relationships, and the exchange of best practices.
To that end, we are so proud of the newest issue of HazNet during Emergency Preparedness week. "Progress on Sendai Framework?
Taking stock and moving forward?" is full or amazing insights as we envision and work towards a disaster and climate resilient Canada.
We encourage you to start with the editor's notes and appreciate your feedback as we continue the conversation!
haznet.ca/haznet-magazine-spring-2023-issue/
#EPWeek2023 - Research #HazNet
This article posits replacing the concept of “resilience” with that of “ruggedization”, arguing that resilience is too often tacked on to existing policies without changing a failing system, whereas ruggedization conveys the urgency and depth of resolve required to prepare communities for the future.
What are your thoughts on this?
haznet.ca/moving-past-rhetoric-resilience/
