Despite experiencing some relief through recent rain and thunderstorms, Australia’s historic bushfires continue to impact the country.
“Every disaster is a step back in development,” said Mami Mizutori, Assistant Secretary General for the United Nation’s Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). I had the opportunity to share the stage with Ms.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Disaster Help Desk for Business assists small businesses with disaster readiness, relief, and long-term recovery.
The Best Disaster Response and Community Resilience Citizens Award recognizes businesses and chambers that help communities prepare for and recover from disaste
In recent months, the U.S. Chamber Foundation shared numerous stories and tips to assist small business owners with disaster preparedness.
As Tropical Storm Barry approaches the Gulf Coast of the United States, it’s important that communities and businesses in the potential impacted area prepare for the storm. There is still time to protect your business ahead of the storm.
If you’re a chamber of commerce located along the Gulf Coast of the United States, there’s still time to prepare your community ahead of Tropical Storm Barry's landfall this week. Below are seven steps you can take to prepare your organization, your members, and your community ahead of Tropical S
As increasingly large data volumes become available to emergency managers, many are looking to leverage massive, heterogenous data sets across lifeline sectors to enable better decision-making in all four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation knows from time spent with leaders from numerous disaster-stricken communities that running a city and putting a city back together after a disaster are vastly different things.
Floods and power outages are the two most common disasters to affect businesses. It’s easy to think of disasters as something that happens to somebody else.