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September 1, 2010

Mitigating Wildfire Disaster: Early Detection and Commitment

Written by John R. “Bob” Bridge

This article presents a discussion on wildfire and the technical and organizational efforts to mitigate wildfire disasters. Wildfire not only causes loss of life, property, and ecosystems but creates other disasters such as erosion and economic degradation. There is a global awareness of the catastrophic consequences caused by wildfire. Accordingly, there is an ongoing effort to mitigate wildfire by early detection and preparedness planning, which translates into the ability to respond quickly. The logic is the sooner a wildfire is detected, the sooner resources can be activated to respond to the emergency and prevent an incident from becoming a disaster. This article explores why wildfire has become a globally recognized natural hazard and explores recent technological advances to detect wildfire. The human equation and its relation to preparedness planning is also explored. In conclusion, wildfire threats are globally recognized as having significant detrimental economic and environmental impacts. The fact that preparedness planning efforts are not subjugated by media exposure usually reserved for tsunami and earthquake disasters is a testament of the global commitment to prioritize wildfire mitigation. .

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August 18, 2010

A Better Way to Recover from Natural Disasters

Written by ISMAIL AZERI

The potential for disaster is fairly easy to calculate if your data center is in line with Hurricane Alley. During this Hurricane Season and future ones to come, tropical storms and hurricanes will thunder through Florida, barrel up the East Coast or crash onto the shores of the Gulf States, bringing with them floods, power outages and wind damage.

Until recently, the ultimate solution to a significant natural disaster was to build an offsite disaster recovery center. But a dedicated disaster recovery facility is not for the faint of wallet, with its ultra-high-speed link from your data center to the DR facility, and provisioned with duplicate computing equipment and added staff.

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