Disaster declarations grow in flooded north-west Qld (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

A disaster declaration has been made for two more areas in flooded north-west Queensland, as the damage bill rises to $7 million.

Bronx CERT team prepped for disaster (YourNabe.com)

Joe Thompson showed up to the Community District 11 CERT meeting Monday, December 8 sporting a sharp windbreaker vest, green with “Community Emergency Response Team” in white block lettering.

Debenhams and Next warm hearts of investors (The Herald)

The avoidance of a Christmas disaster was enough to send shares in retailers Debenhams and Next soaring yesterday.

Central United States Earthquake Consortium And CDC To Host Post-Earthquake Public Health And Medical Issues Course In ... (Medical News Today)

On February 4, 2009, the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is presenting a one-day class titled "Disaster Medicine 101: Post-Earthquake Public Health and Medical Issues in the New Madrid Seismic Zone" at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Auditorium. The class will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Local briefs (Poughkeepsie Journal)

RED HOOK -The Red Hook United Methodist Church will host a defensive driving course from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 17.

Columbia crew members were role models for NASA community and beyond (The Bay Area Citizen)

This week’s report on the Columbia disaster focused on issues with the hardware put in place to protect the crew.

Minerva opens its doors for training in risk, performance management (The Jamaica Observer)

WHETHER it's coping with the school bully or outwitting the corporate psychopath, Minerva Training provides the answer to a variety of risk and performance management challenges.

Risk management and financial crisis (International Herald Tribune)

Could the risk models that Wall Street relies on have helped prevent the financial crisis if people had paid more attention to them? Or did reliance lead to an abyss?

Disrupting IT (Forbes)

Appliances will commoditize information technology.

Call Them When Travel Trouble Turns to Panic (New York Times)

For business travelers facing sudden illness or acts of terrorism, several companies offer help.