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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Wording of this kind is designed to defy the country's leading philosophers of logic, and let's remember that the Act is designed to tackle a major emergency–sorry, disaster. The real problem is that the British emergency planning, management and response system is fragmented and incomplete. Apocalypse How?

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Local mayors or chief executives should have a primary role in ensuring that arrangements are in place for emergency planning, management and response. The central government must ensure that resources are adequate to respond to the kinds and levels of emergency that are envisaged in planning scenarios.