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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Recently, I spoke to a senior emergency planner who has worked for years in the transportation and nuclear industries. But in 2008 floods stretched from Alnwick in Northumberland to Tewksbury in Somerset, nearly 500 km away. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. Was this not a disaster?

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Despite this, the 2020 pandemic has obvious similarities with previous outbreaks of viral diseases and with many other kinds of disaster. Front-line' workers include those who serve in hospitals, work in care homes, run public transport and deliver essential items. IRDR Report 2020-01. Distribution of vulnerability.

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