Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome. This means that coordination between national, regional and local authorities needs to be strong and extensive. Authorities and politicians must work hard to build up a relationship of trust with the public.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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).

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

In 2020, some confusion arises from the fact that much of the planning refers to influenza, whereas the SARS category of diseases is not strictly a 'flu virus, but most of the planning principles are exactly the same, so this is mainly a labelling issue.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Goods and services imported into a country with foreign funding tend to benefit the manufacturers and suppliers. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

Hospitality 130

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

Water industry 1995 The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. During the interview, they talked about telemetry. What can we do to protect our organisation ?

Vulnerability 40

Vulnerability Internet Malware Emergency Planning 40

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. This week I thought I would talk about the vulnerability of water systems to cyber-attacks and some ideas of what, as business continuity professionals, we can do about this.

Vulnerability 40

Vulnerability Internet Business Continuity Malware 40

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. When BC started, I know of a Scottish Local Authority which spent £100k on external consultants to develop their BC plans. This was followed by Y2K and the birth of business continuity.

Business Continuity 40

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