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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Regional coordination should ensure that local efforts to instil civil protection and respond to emergencies are supported by mutual assistance and resources from higher levels of government. The business continuity plans will function in parallel to emergency response plans. The citizen 4.1

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. This may involve deploying field hospitals and using the resources of military medicine. Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Myth 20: Field hospitals are particularly useful for treating people injured by sudden impact disasters. Myth 39: In a CBRN attack or pandemic it will be easy to avoid contamination of hospitals and other medical centres.