Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

COBRA, the national 'nerve centre' for directing major emergency actions in the UK, is a relatively small entity that does not match up to the specifications of a well-endowed national emergency operations centre. In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 130

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. Wording of this kind is designed to defy the country's leading philosophers of logic, and let's remember that the Act is designed to tackle a major emergency–sorry, disaster. It lacks a national emergency operations centre. Emergency planning is a vital occupation.

Management 231

Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation 231

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

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. The lineaments of the system reflect military practice.

Emergency Response 131

Emergency Response Emergency Response Logistics Emergency Planning 131