A look at the numbers behind emergency management in the 21st century
Natural disasters and emergency events are inevitable, yet the losses incurred are almost always greater than they had to be due to a lack of planning and preparedness. If you know it’s going to happen, why not be prepared? This infographic, from IBM of all sources, takes a look at the facts and figures behind emergency management today:

Jonathan L. Bernstein, founder and Chairman of Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc. has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of crisis management – crisis response, vulnerability assessment, planning, training and simulations.
Erik Bernstein is president of Bernstein Crisis Management. Erik started with BCM in 2009 as a writer and subsequently became social media manager for the consultancy itself as well as for a number of BCM clients before moving to the president position.