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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). They lack consistent funding and have little executive authority. Report of the Public Inquiry Into the Fire At Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.

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Academic Publishing and Malpractice

Emergency Planning

Graff described malpractice among academic journal editors and called for a bill of rights to protect authors against such excesses. During that time I have encountered all sorts of behaviour, good and bad, by authors, reviewers and editors. Herein I am going to concentrate on malpractice by authors. Plagiarism.

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Former FEMA Administrator Calls for Reform

Recovery Diva

Author is Brock Long. Some excerpts: “As FEMA administrator beginning in 2017, I witnessed the agency stretched thin by one crisis after another — a pattern that has only intensified since I left office five years ago. From The Hill: Why America Needs Disaster Reform Now.

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

Emergency Planning

The exercises revealed, for example, that special attention needed to be given to protecting the residents of care homes (PHE 2017, pp. Local and regional authorities have been emasculated, and the result of this has been manifest in their inability to respond adequately to local needs. The plans were not connected to anything.

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

Emergency Planning

In 2017, the responses to the Manchester Arena bombings and the Grenfell Tower fire were substantially criticised. Creating a system that is solidly based on the local authority (and properly funded at that level), coordinated regionally and harmonised and supported nationally is now a vital British imperative.

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SIA New Member Profile: Turing AI

Security Industry Association

Turing AI was founded in 2017 in the heart of Silicon Valley with a mission to reimagine the safety and security industry with AI. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association.

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Changes to Kitchen Island and Peninsula Receptacle Outlet Requirements for the Past Three NEC Editions

National Fire Protection Association

Perhaps no changes to these requirements represented a larger swing of the pendulum than those we have seen over the past three cycles: the 2017, 2020, and 2023 NEC. 2017 NEC Requirements The following are the relevant sections and requirements for island and peninsula receptacle outlets based on the 2017 NEC. Revised 210.52(C)(3)