04 Sep 2020
Facing the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, the Flood Resilience Program of the Mexican Red Cross that is implemented as part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (ZFRA) had to stop all community and face-to-face activities. Instead, the flood res...
Tags: Case Study, Business Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Flood, Mobile Technology, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Social Media in Disasters, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
11 Sep 2014
A risk assessment is a process to identify potential hazards and analyze what could happen if a hazard occurs. This is different from a business impact analysis (BIA) as a BIA is the process for determining the potential impacts resulting from the in...
Tags: Guidance material, Business Preparedness
13 Nov 2013
When disasters strike, Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers are often among the first to provide relief to the victims. But in most cases, we can save more lives and reduce more suffering if we can act before a disaster.We have known for decades now t...
Tags: Guidance material