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    Disaster Recovery Plan

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    Responsibilities:     Determine and announce crisis situations (Declares the emergency/crisis state of affairs) Activate the DRP Supervise response and recovery efforts Confirm restoration of normal business operation and finalize the disaster recovery processes Role: Legal (Counsel can be both internal and external) Responsibilities:     Address legal and regulatory issues Ensure regulation compliance for mitigation efforts Ensure laws and regulations are followed during

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    Man Made Disasters

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    Man-made disasters are disasters is the element of human intent‚ negligence or involving a failure of a man-made system that leads to human suffering and environmental damage. Man-made disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Man-made disasters can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards‚ sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others. These are

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    (DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS HAZARDS IN MAJULI)   INTRODUCTION Majuli is one of the largest river islands in the world (26 45N – 27 12N and 93 39 E – 94 35 altitude of 60 – 95m above msl). The original land mass of Majuli was 1250 Sq. km (1950) which has significantly reduced to 650 Sq. km (2001) due to erosion. The island is bounded by the river Brahmaputra on the South‚ the river Subansiri on the North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial

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    Disasters‚ What you Need to Know About Them… Every day there are natural disasters all the time occurring all around the world. They are something that we can’t help‚ but we can be aware of them and what to do if one occurs near you. Tornadoes are common during Michigan’s Spring months. They are usually smaller than other places‚ but they still can do lots of damage. The safest thing to do is to go to the lowest level of the building that you are in. If there is no basement‚ get shelter in

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    Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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    release of radioactive substances into our atmosphere and our earth. This accident certainly did loads of damages to Japan and its people. There are lots of theories regarding this accident’s cause‚ but it comes down to either natural disaster or man-made disaster. The effects of this accident were tremendous in the aspect of social‚ ecology‚ sociology and health hazards. There were steps taken to assist in resolving the issue .In future‚ to prevent this kind of accident from taking place‚ proper

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    Practice Prob 1 - Dam

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    MS5030: Practice problems – Set I 1. A bank classifies borrowers as high-risk or low-risk. Only 15% of its loans are made to those in high-risk category. Of all its loans‚ 5% are in default‚ and 40% of those in default were made to high-risk borrowers. What is the probability that a high-risk borrower will default? 2. A fund manager is considering investing in the stock of a healthcare provider. The manager’s assessment of probabilities of the rates of return on this stock over the next

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    Terrorism and Natural Disasters Preparedness Grand Canyon University: HCA 545 June 11th‚ 2014 Businesses today across the gamut have a board or strategic management team in place to handle the business like making decisions and setting the direction. This important so that the company knows where it’s going and they can be successful. Management should consider adding business contingency plan to their strategic planning. This will incorporate what to do and how

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    BP disaster at sea

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    BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look

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    unnatural disaster coal

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    Glg 111 Unnatural Disaster? Coal project Research Questions 1) Explain the following: Coal an Unnatural Disaster? An unnatural coal disaster is one caused by human error or negligence‚ there have been many unnatural coal disasters from past to present such as Turtle Mountain in Canada .Normal erosion due to weather changes played a part in this unnatural disaster but the biggest factor was inadequate support beams .which in turn caused gigantic slab of limestone rock weighing 75millions

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    Design of Angat Dam. The purpose of the research is to inform you of the structural design of the dam. The content of this research concentrates on the structural aspects of Angat dam. This research also discusses the purpose‚ effects‚ and the risks in constructing a dam. If you have any questions regarding our research and paper‚ feel free to ask Paolo Pio Alaan at piyowmi@gmail.com . Sincerely‚ Paolo Pio Alaan Head Researcher Sufficiency and Effectiveness of the Design of Angat Dam A Research

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