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). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016.

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Its antidotes are thought, reasoning, action, activism, and the application of ethics and morality. 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.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130