Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But in 2008 floods stretched from Alnwick in Northumberland to Tewksbury in Somerset, nearly 500 km away. 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.

Management 231

Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation 231

Emergency Planning

JUNE 20, 2020

The role of emergency planning. The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Since the start of Covid-19 we have seen the failure of emergency planning, which is an indication of failure to provide foresight.

Emergency Planning 130

Emergency Planning Pandemic Logistics Vulnerability 130

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). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. It is important to ensure that emergency planning measures are balanced among society's and people's needs.

Pandemic 130

Pandemic Tourism Hospitality Transportation 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 3, 2023

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. Print 0 46 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA At the time of writing this, the UK Government has just released the 2023 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR, HM Government 2023).

All-Hazards 204

All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Government 204

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

For example, in the 2008 hurricane season, four named storms arrived. Moreover, a strong La Niña resurgence during the North Atlantic Oscillation can accentuate the Spring and Autumn rainfall peaks and increase the likelihood of hurricanes.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. ) While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130