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Covering a huge range of material from the Manchester Arena bombing to the Grenfell Tower disaster, David Omand examines the nature of modern crises and the ways to respond.

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During this free webinar the following information will be provided: Background for understanding occupational heat stress and physiology, Risk factors for heat-related illnesses, Heat-related illnesses and first aid, NIOSH recommendations, Recent NIOSH activities on heat, Educational resources and tools

Avoiding Disaster – The Case for Building a Stronger Future by Including Diversity in Decision Making Four accomplished leaders will outline real life disasters and how they could have been mitigated through inclusion of greater diversity in key decisions and provide real-world examples of the crisis our profession is facing due to a lack of diversity and inclusion. In addition, the panel will present statistics to illustrate how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting women disproportionately. To...

Sustain What Lines taking electricity to homes in Holmes County, Ohio Photo: Dale Willman It’s hard to imagine a world without electricity. It powers elevators that allow us to build up, rather than out. Electricity keeps our homes at the right temperature. It helps to purify the water that we drink, and sometimes the air that we breathe. We use electricity for our phones and computers. And given the continuing growth of the Internet of Things, electricity demand will grow for many years to c...

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