Examples in Practice

Action Against Hunger

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITIES: Disaster losses and risk are concentrated in developing countries where most of the poorest live. In these countries, marginalized and discriminated groups are particularly vulnerable…

Alameda County, CA

The County Administrator’s Office Risk Management Unit provides comprehensive, proactive services that promote the health, wellness, and safety of employees; reduce the County’s loss exposure; and minimize the total cost…

Community Associations Institute

RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS: CAI believes that an effective risk management program can best be achieved if associations and their governing boards work with recognized community association…

Community of Christ

The risk management program helps identify and evaluate ways the church is potentially affected by risk. This includes implementing techniques to better protect the church, methods to avoid or transfer…

FEMA’s Beyond the Basics

Beyond the Basics is designed to help local governments prepare a new, or update an existing, hazard mitigation plan.  It is based largely on FEMA’s Local Mitigation Planning Handbook (2013), but features additional…

La Crosse Wisconsin

The La Crosse Fire Department’s Division of Community Risk Management‘s number one priority is the health and safety of La Crosse residents. The division provides a full range of services…

Round Rock, Texas

Community Risk Reduction balances emergency responses with proactive, focused prevention efforts, driven by local data. Identifying fire and life safety risks, prioritize them, focus energy on mitigation, prevention, and become…

Santa Monica Community College

It is our mission to provide risk prevention and mitigation services to the Santa Monica College Community, aimed at reducing conditions or practices which may expose the District to human,…

The Rockefeller University

We define a Community Risk Profile (CRP) as a resource, continuously updated with new data, that makes conveniently available to a range of users the spectrum of information that characterizes…

Vision 20/20 Project

Vision 20/20 is a project hosted by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) – USA Branch (IFE-USA), a 501(c) (3) non-profit global organization. Vision 20/20 Project is guided by a coalition of national…

West Virginia Fire Commission

Have you ever thought about doing a Community Risk Reduction (CRR) program for your community? Community risk reduction is not a new concept for the fire service. Fire departments have…