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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
Airport Business Centre, Plymouth, 13th & 20th September
Back2business, a supply of work-area recovery services in South West England have partnered with several business continuity specialists to offer local businesses an opportunity to attend a free seminar on the basics of business continuity. Businesses with five or more employees can register here.
November 6-8, 2007 / San Francisco, CA
Expected to draw 1,500 attendees this three-day event will bring together key leaders and decision makers - offering responders, business and industry, academia, and Federal, State, tribal, and local stakeholders a unique forum to network, exchange ideas, and collaboratively address critical incident technology and preparedness needs, protocols, and solutions.
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx
AMEC has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $40 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a variety of flood map modernization services in FEMA Region III (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C.). Under the contract, which replaces an expiring $10 million Region III contract, AMEC will provide digital flood insurance rate map (DFIRM) production, hydrologic and hydraulic floodplain modeling, coastal flooding analyses, community floodplain ordinance reviews and updates, multi-hazard risk analyses, and post-disaster support. www.amec.com
A Maine college and a California university are reaching across the continent to share hardware and software in a joint disaster-recovery effort that could be a model not just for other schools but also for other businesses. Read the Network World article.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Vermont to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 9-11, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=38414
World weather impacts
Floods, rains kill nine in Central Vietnam
Sudan floods affect 500,000, kill 64 - UN report
Storms flood farms and homes in northern Greece
•Date: 7th August 2007• Region: Various
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