Many organizations stop at “What hazards do we have?” The real strategic value comes from also asking: “What’s the risk from those hazards, and how do we prioritize?” Hazard identification  is the 'what could go wrong' part: spotting potential threats, vulnerabilities, and conditions. Risk assessment  is the so-what and how-bad  part: determining how likely those hazards are, what the impacts might be, and how we should rank (and act on) them. THREAT TYPE LIKELIHOOD IMPACT RI

When most people hear “preparedness,” they probably picture sandbags, evacuation routes, or backup generators. At Meridian Strategic...

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