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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

Since 2005 when the World Health Organisation started to advocate serious viral disease planning the United Kingdom ran or participated in nine major simulation exercises on pandemics, some of them pan-European initiatives. Its tasks will be life-saving response, damage limitation, public safety and launching recovery.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Emergency Planning

In the world as a whole, there has been a gradual process of demilitarisation of emergency response. Meanwhile, in Britain, there were shortcomings in the response to the 1999 Ladbroke Grove train crash, particularly in the treatment of the survivors.

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Covid-19: An Address

Emergency Planning

With regard to preparedness, emergency response consists of planned activities, standardised procedures and improvisation. Social participation is about the democratisation of emergency response. The coup de grâce was the response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Civil protection is us–all of us.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

After hurricane Katrina in 2005, the USA set up the National Centre for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) and in the wake of the two recent hurricanes, the organisation has set up working groups with all agencies to deter and prevent fraud.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

After hurricane Katrina in 2005, the USA set up the National Centre for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) and in the wake of the two recent hurricanes, the organisation has set up working groups with all agencies to deter and prevent fraud.