Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If we look at major emergencies in the UK over the last 25 years or so, there have been significant deficiencies in the response in just about every case. In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019).

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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). Emergency management is still languishing in the doldrums in the United Kingdom.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFPA has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The current system for managing major incidents and disasters in the United Kingdom was devised after the Broadwater Farm, Tottenham, riots of 1986 and reflects a preoccupation with public order. In the world as a whole, there has been a gradual process of demilitarisation of emergency response. Moreover, it is inclusive.

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CCEM Strategies

AUGUST 24, 2023

So how do you include and plan for all types of volunteers in your emergency management plans? How to prepare for a surge of volunteer types Each volunteer type will require a different management approach—and all can be equally important in a response. Which type (i.e., Who’ll be in charge?

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 30, 2022

By virtue of their decisions about what to include in the periodical, and what to exclude from it, all managing editors and editors-in-chief have to define a profile for a journal. Predatory publishing has in turn spawned a whole industry of predatory academic conferences and sham editorial boards (Stratton 2017). Graff, H.J.

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