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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

The purpose of this charter is to specify the responsibilities of the state and citizens in the field of resilience against disasters, crises and major public emergencies and incidents. Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Preamble 1.1

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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

Distribution of vulnerability. Plenty of evidence exists to show that disasters have a disproportionate impact upon poor and vulnerable people. Front-line' workers include those who serve in hospitals, work in care homes, run public transport and deliver essential items. The role of emergency planning.

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Interpreting the Pandemic for Decision Making and Action

Emergency Planning

The hero (almost always a man, not a woman, who is invariably his loyal supporter) is a young, fit, active, misunderstood visionary, the only person who can see the truth and is prepared to fight for it. One of the greatest lessons is the imperative need to take emergency planning and preparedness more seriously. What nonsense!

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.