Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In the world as a whole, there has been a gradual process of demilitarisation of emergency response. Meanwhile, in Britain, there were shortcomings in the response to the 1999 Ladbroke Grove train crash, particularly in the treatment of the survivors. The lineaments of the system reflect military practice.
CCEM Strategies
AUGUST 24, 2023
Volunteers can be engaged in any type of emergency response—floods, wildfires, earthquakes and even acts of terror. Recent examples of volunteers emerging to support response and recovery operations during a disaster include BC’s 2021 atmospheric river and the 2022 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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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. The Kerslake Report: An Independent Review into the Preparedness For, and Emergency Response to, the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017. Moore-Bick, M.
Plan B Consulting
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
When I was working in North Carolina, developing hurricane evacuation plans, I met the ex-Emergency Response Manager for Miami. All quotes are taken from The Economist Magazine, Disaster Fraud Article 16 Sep 2017. The post The Dark Side of Incident Recovery appeared first on PlanB Consulting.
Plan B Consulting
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
When I was working in North Carolina, developing hurricane evacuation plans, I met the ex-Emergency Response Manager for Miami. All quotes are taken from The Economist Magazine, Disaster Fraud Article 16 Sep 2017. The post The Dark Side of Incident Recovery appeared first on PlanB Consulting.
National Fire Protection Association
OCTOBER 14, 2022
There are many examples of major fires in non-sprinklered or partially sprinklered high-rise buildings including the One Meridian Plaza fire (1991), the Cook County Administration Building fire in Chicago (2003), the Marco Polo Apartment Building Fire in Hawaii (2017) and the Twin Parks Northwest fire in New York City (2022).
Swan Island Network
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
September 5, 2017. Interoperability Needed: 911 Overflow. Pete O'Dell. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on twitter. Share on email. Here we are again, another disaster an another overloaded 911 system in Houston. The people doing this work are true heroes, but the technology is letting them down.
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