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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. The term ‘civil protection system’ describes coordinated national, regional and local arrangements designed to plan for, manage and respond to major emergencies, and to initiate recovery from them. Plans should be networked.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

What does all this mean for Britain? The real problem is that the British emergency planning, management and response system is fragmented and incomplete. In fact, in general terms, the evolution of emergency management can practically be measured by its degree of demilitarisation over recent decades.