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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions.

All-Hazards

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response

Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

What does all this mean for Britain? If we look at major emergencies in the UK over the last 25 years or so, there have been significant deficiencies in the response in just about every case. But in 2008 floods stretched from Alnwick in Northumberland to Tewksbury in Somerset, nearly 500 km away. Was this not a disaster?

Management

Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation

A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

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