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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. The new version presents 89 major hazards and threats that could potentially disrupt life in the United Kingdom and possibly cause casualties and damage. The 2023 NRR is clear and concise.

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

Emergency Planning

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. 1] The best solution to this problem is to promote inclusiveness in emergency preparedness at all levels.

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

Emergency Planning

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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SIA New Member Profile: Swan Island Networks

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Swan Island Networks is a software-as-a-service company that delivers trusted situational awareness and threat intelligence services. SIA spoke with Swan Island Networks CEO Pete O’Dell about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. ) d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Krausmann, E.,

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Emergency Planning

As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all. For example, in the 2008 hurricane season, four named storms arrived. In Haiti, a third of the population lacks secure access to food. Haiti has long had a shortage of all three.

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Risk Managers: Is Today’s Violence Worse than the 1960’s? Yes, and Why You Should Care (Sorry, Jim and Max)

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

Risk Managers, Business Continuity planners and Security personnel take note: this climate will impact your business. Technology All of the above points are enabled with technology that the 60’s would have marveled at. The 2008 hotel attacks in Mumbai would have been difficult if not impossible without technology.