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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. It is important to ensure that emergency planning measures are balanced among society's and people's needs. McCaw 2007. PLoS One 2007:2(11): e1220, 1-6. Mathews et al.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises. Reality: It might, but much depends on the activation of the plan, including dissemination, awareness, training, the availability of resources, and familiarity with emergency procedures. Myth 69: When given a warning, people flee from an area.

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Business Continuity Learning – Where do you start?

Plan B Consulting

When I started in emergency planning in the water industry, Anglian Water, who I was working for at the time, had no plans for dealing with a lack of water, contaminated water and sewage flooding incidents. When the London bombings occurred in 2007, the exact same recommendation was made in the report.

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Business Continuity Learning – Where do you start?

Plan B Consulting

When I started in emergency planning in the water industry, Anglian Water, who I was working for at the time, had no plans for dealing with a lack of water, contaminated water and sewage flooding incidents. When the London bombings occurred in 2007, the exact same recommendation was made in the report.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

2007, Ambraseys and Bilham 2011) suggest that the principal cause of earthquake disasters is corruption, which weakens or prevents defensive anti-seismic measures. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 27(1): 27-33. Register 2007. Internet and emergency management: prospects for the future. Gordon 2018.