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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The 2010 earthquake occurred after yet another period of instability, which the United Nations Peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) had striven to bring to an end. Nevertheless, there were some spectacular failures. [iii]

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

On the other hand, understanding emergency processes for response develops resilience to risk. Ensuring emergencies are dealt with effectively requires adopting public safety technology that can facilitate the operational management of a crisis quickly and effectively to limit its potential damage.