Evaluating The ROI Of Risk Reduction Technology

Just because a critical failure hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. The question becomes: If it ...
The Nation Newspaper

Disaster risk reduction in climate action

SIR: Disasters have been described as catastrophic events with atmospheric, geological, and hydrological origins (e.g., droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides) that can cause fatalities ...
Firehouse

Community Risk Reduction: Redefining the ‘First Responder’ and Reimagining CRR

From “leather lungs” to SCBA, from solely fire suppression to all-hazard response, from primarily response to proactive community risk reduction (CRR), the evolution of the fire service has been a ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Risk reduction can help prevent nuclear crises. Here’s how.

On February 4, 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last legally binding arms control agreement on strategic nuclear warheads, will expire, ushering in a theoretically ...
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Community Risk Reduction: What Makes a CRR Program Successful?

A traditional fire marshal from a department of 40 personnel that operates out of three fire stations retires. The department takes the opportunity to expand the fire marshal job description to ...