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Posts Tagged ‘Culture of Preparedness’

NGOs cooperate emergency preparedness at JDC-ELKA seminar

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Hundreds of Israeli NGO’s provide critical services to the population such as food, health care, and nursing. These services are all the more essential during time of crises. They range in size from national organizations to local centers and everything in between.

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Ben-Gurion University Promotes a Civil Resilience Network

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last Sunday, Ben-Gurion University and Israel’s emergency authorities (Home Front Command) announced a new joint pilot project to build a local network for crisis response.

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Azrieli’s Irrelevance to the National Emergency Exercise

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , , , , on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Despite the broadened scope of last month’s National Emergency Exercise, the resilience to crisis of many of the nation’s most critical and vulnerable business centers was not put to the test. The Azrieli Towers, one of Israel’s central business complexes, were completely irrelevant to the national emergency drill which took place last month to prepare [...]

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Civil Resilience Network at the Knesset

Posted in About Reut, Home Front, tagged , , , , , on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On Tuesday May 11, the Reut Institute participated in a discussion in the Knesset initiated by MK Zeev Bielski, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Subcommittee for the Examination of Home-Front Readiness. The discussion focused on ways in which the non-profit and business sectors can contribute to the preparedness of the Israeli home front [...]

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Crisis at Your Convenience

Posted in About Reut, Home Front, tagged , , , on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently the citizens of Israel received a reminder that they and their families are not ready for a national crisis. Two weeks ago, the Israeli police conducted a security drill that caused heavy traffic jams and much frustration amongst drivers. The average Israeli driver understands the necessity of training emergency authorities: no one wants a [...]

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Gidi Grinstein at “Security Strip” Radio Show

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In an interview on Army Radio this week, President of the Reut Institute Gidi Grinstein explained that “In order to face national emergencies, such as a natural disaster, Israel must mobilize its society into a ‘Civil Resilience Network’

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Reut Presents Civilian Resilience at Sderot

Posted in About Reut, Home Front, tagged , , , on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today, the Reut Institute is presenting a document entitled: “Civil Resilience Network: A Conceptual Framework for Israel’s Local & National Resilience” at the Sderot Conference on Social Issues. The document was written in cooperation with the Israeli Trauma Coalition and will be presented at the panel entitled – Me, the Home Front and the Next [...]

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The US Government’s National Preparedness Month – a Model for Israel?

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , , on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

September 2009 was the 6th annual National Preparedness Month in the US, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and endorsed by President Obama, who “has made preparedness a top priority… to ensure a more resilient Nation.”

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Is the Business Sector in Israel Ready for Emergencies?

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In the face of the security instability, the possibility of strong earthquakes or Tsunami waves hitting Israel’s shores poses a real challenge for both the public and private sectors in Israeli society. In order to fully tap into the resources of the business sector, a ‘Culture of Preparedness’ must become an integral part of its [...]

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A Resilience Network Can Improve Israel’s Preparedness for Times of Crisis

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , , on September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A major earthquake in Israel would lead to the collapse of thousands of buildings. Moreover, between 80 to 90 percent of civilians trapped underneath the rubble would be rescued by the local population (rather than official units from the Home Front Command.) This is due to the difficulty of these units reaching all the different [...]

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