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

Emergency Planning

An example is the excoriating report produced by three eminent Japanese women after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear release, which highlights the deficiencies of a response system in which decision making is in the hands of elderly males. [1] Standardised,"all hazards" emergency planning methodology applied at all levels.

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

Emergency Planning

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.

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Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?

Plan B Consulting

Evergreen Container Ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal (Figure 1) The 2011 floods in Thailand (Figure 2) Fukushima Earthquake (Figure 3) These three incidents, for me, represent ‘traditional’ incidents. I am currently doing the Institute of Strategic Risk Management’s (ISRM) level 6 course, and I have been reading about why incidents occur.

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Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?

Plan B Consulting

Evergreen Container Ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal (Figure 1) The 2011 floods in Thailand (Figure 2) Fukushima Earthquake (Figure 3). Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one.