WCDM : World Conference on Disaster Management. WCDM is an annual conference which is the major activity of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP, Looked it up elsewhere in the source)
Tom May, CEM, Steve Davis, Larrie Wright, All Hands Community, Glossary of Terms and Definitions (in the fields of Emergency Management, Business Continuity and related service areas), 3rd Ed, USA 2005. http://www.macogonline.org/archive/homeland/emerge ncy_glossary.pdf, (Emr Mgt, Biz Cont and related srvc areas - Brit) {482}