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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

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). Oddly, it was sidelined during the pandemic as the Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Gove, judged it to be 'too extreme'. Moore-Bick, M.

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Beware of the self-wiggling mouse – Water industry & Cyber

Plan B Consulting

Water industry 1995 The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. I think we need to pay more attention to the risks outlined document, as most people ignored the risk with the highest likelihood and impact, a Global Pandemic!

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Beware of the self-wiggling mouse – Water industry & Cyber

Plan B Consulting

The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. I think we need to pay more attention to the risks outlined document, as most people ignored the risk with the highest likelihood and impact, a Global Pandemic! Water industry 1995.