Emergency planning news: archive

Emergency planning news: archive

‘Crisis Response and Disaster Resilience 2030: Forging Strategic Action in an Age of Uncertainty’
FEMA has released a new document which looks at the future role of emergency and disaster management in the US.
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•Date: 19th January 2012 • US •Type: Article

European Commission proposes changes to EU Civil Protection legislation: aims to provide more effective disaster management
New legislation places a much greater emphasis on disaster prevention and risk management.
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•Date: 21st December 2011 • Europe/UK •Type: Article

Department of Homeland Security publishes contingency plan for potential funding interruption
‘Procedures Relating to a Federal Funding Hiatus.’
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•Date: 16th December 2011 • US •Type: Article

Australians get new ‘DisasterWatch’ smartphone app
Government service gives the 4.5 million Australians who currently own smartphones another way of receiving emergency warnings and finding disaster related information.
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•Date: 9th December 2011 • Australia •Type: Article

PPD-8 takes a step forward
National Preparedness System Description published by FEMA.
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•Date: 7th December 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

Winter Readiness Survey looks at how prepared councils in England & Wales are for winter 2011-12
Councils have continued to improve their resilience for this year's winter gritting season, a recent Local Government Association survey of winter readiness has found.
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•Date: 8th December 2011 • Region:UK •Type: Article

New ISO standard to prepare for emergencies at nuclear facilities
‘ISO 11320:2011, Nuclear criticality safety – Emergency preparedness and response.’
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•Date: 25th November 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article

Cabinet Office continues Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme consultation
Phase 2 final consultation on revised chapters of Emergency Preparedness.
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•Date: 4th November 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Australia’s new Crisis Coordination Centre opened
Will improve the government’s capability to respond to large scale natural disasters or acts of terrorism.
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•Date: 19th October 2011 • Region: Australia •Type: Article

Europe’s vulnerability to natural disasters rising: UNISDR
In 2010, Europe saw an 18.2 percent increase in disaster events.
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•Date: 12th October 2011 • Region: Europe •Type: Article

First edition of US National Preparedness Goal published
The first deliverable under Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8.
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•Date: 11th October 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

Reviews show that Australia's Emergency Alert system is working well
According to Attorney-General Robert McClelland.
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•Date: 5th October 2011 • Region: Australia •Type: Article

Fukushima: key lessons appear to be going unlearned
The Fukushima reactor disaster is still ongoing six month later and some major emergency planning lessons are in danger of going unheeded, according to three US experts.
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•Date: 9th September 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

National Preparedness Goal: comments requested by FEMA
Deadline is Sept. 2, 2011.
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•Date: 24th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

‘Preparedness: A Principled Approach to Return on Investment’
IAEM-USA seeks feedback on a framework to measure return on preparedness investments.
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•Date: 15th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

Government of Canada announces significant investment for emergency preparedness projects across the country
Over 300 projects will benefit from funding in fiscal year 2011-2012.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: Canada •Type: Article

2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The United Nations secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has published a new report on disaster risk reduction.
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•Date: 29th July 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article

Shortlist published for the Emergency Planning Society Resilience Awards
The winners will be announced at the Resilience Awards and Symposium Dinner on the evening of July 5th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow.
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•Date: 15th June 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

NOAA and coastal states discuss local tsunami preparedness needs
Conference highlights lessons learned from recent Japan tsunami.
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•Date: 14th June 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

FEMA pressured to speed up publication of National Disaster Recovery Framework
Senators call on Secretary Napolitano to provide a timetable for releasing and implementing the final NDRF.
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•Date: 2nd June 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

Australia’s disaster management under the spotlight
Australia needs a national inquiry to review the way natural disasters are managed...
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•Date: 2nd June 2011 • Region: Australia •Type: Article

Disaster-related economic losses are increasing across all regions
According to new United Nations Report.
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•Date: 19th May 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article

As risks from disasters rise, UN chief calls for better preparedness
“The world’s vulnerability to disaster risks is growing faster than our ability to increase resilience,” Ban Ki-moon.
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•Date: 11th May 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article

The Third Session of The Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction
From 10th to 13th May 2011 disaster management experts meeting in Geneva will explore various disaster risk reduction challenges.
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•Date: 10th May 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article

Presidential Policy Directive gives 60-day deadline for US national preparedness goal and national preparedness system implementation plan
President Obama has signed a new Presidential Policy Directive: PPD-8.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

EAC Partner States' heads of disaster management hold inaugural meeting in Dar Es Salaam
Co-operation in disaster management is essential, as no single EAC state has the capacity to individually deal with major disasters.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: Africa •Type: Article

New guidance document on UK Local Resilience Forums
‘The role of Local Resilience Forums: A reference document.’
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

ANSI-HSSP releases final report on emergency preparedness for persons with disabilities and special needs
Outlines recommendations for the development of standards to support emergency preparedness for people with disabilities and special needs.
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•Date: 19th Nov 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Institution of Civil Engineers comments on Cornwall floods
The situation in Cornwall highlights how ill-prepared the UK is to deal with the increased risk of flooding in future.
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•Date: 18th Nov 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

‘Preparedness and Response to a Mass Casualty Event’
A new CDC document provides interim planning guidance for preparedness and response to a mass casualty event resulting from terrorist use of explosives (TUE).
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•Date: 9th Nov 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

DHS publishes new edition of Risk Lexicon
This is the second edition of the DHS Risk Lexicon and includes fifty new terms and definitions.
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•Date: 4th Nov 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

European Commission acts against France and Luxembourg for flood prevention compliance failures
The two countries have failed to take effective action on Directive 2007/60/EC, which requires the assessment and management of flood risks.
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•Date: 29th Oct 2010 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article

Queensland government announces projects to boost natural disaster resilience
Sixty-eight projects worth more than $26 million will be undertaken across Queensland.
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•Date: 28th Oct 2010 • Region: Australia •Type: Article

Institution of Civil Engineers voices concern over UK flood defence funding
The impact of reduced public funding for flood defences will demand a more innovative approach to managing flood risk.
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•Date: 27th Oct 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

UK government Spending Review: ABI comments on flood investment plans
Long-term plan to tackle the rising flood risk is needed.
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•Date: 22nd Oct 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Plan for the ‘Maximum of Maximums’ Fugate tells State emergency managers
“What we really need to be doing is planning for disasters that go beyond our capabilities,” says FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate.
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•Date: 22nd Oct 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK National Security Risk Assessment published
15 priority threats categorised in three tiers.
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•Date: 20th Oct 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

‘Perspective on Preparedness: Taking Stock Since 9/11’
The Local, State, Tribal, and Federal Preparedness Task Force has published a report which it presented recently to the US Congress.
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•Date: 20th Oct 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

EU strengthens rules on security of gas supply
Security of Gas Supply Regulation will require Member States and gas companies to develop contingency plans.
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•Date: 22nd Sept 2010 • Region: Europe/UK •Type: Article

UK flood summit looks beyond 2013
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs meets with stakeholders to agree future approach to managing flood risk.
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•Date: 21st Sept 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 502: FEMA
‘Considerations for Fusion Center and Emergency Operations Center Coordination.’
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•Date: 21st Sept 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Council of Europe ministerial conference to discuss Europe-wide co-operation on natural and technological risk prevention and management
Ministers from European and Mediterranean countries to agree priorities and adopt an action plan for 2011-2015.
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•Date: 17th Sept 2010 • Region: Europe •Type: Article

FEMA publishes public-private partnership resources
New web resources aim to enable state and local officials and their private sector partners to share practices and ideas.
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•Date: 9th Sept 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

US public health agencies get disaster preparedness funding
Almost $700 million available for all-hazards state and local public health preparedness and response.
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•Date: 24th August 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

National Flood Emergency Framework for England published
A new framework document has been published which provides information and planning assumptions to inform and encourage contingency planning in England.
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•Date: 30th July 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

UK coalition government commits to keeping arrangements for resilience and civil contingencies within central government
The announcement was made in a written ministerial statement by Eric Pickles.
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•Date: 23rd July 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

DHS’s long range strategic plans criticised
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman says that DHS plans are too broad and unspecific.
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•Date: 22nd July 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Nearly $790 million in new US critical infrastructure and preparedness grants announced
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced the fiscal year 2010 Preparedness Grants for nine federal programs.
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•Date: 14th May 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

US and Australia sign emergency management coordination agreement
Information and human resource exchanges will strengthen response to major disasters of all kinds.
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•Date: 29th April 2010 • Region: Australia/US •Type: Article

Salford University uses games technology for new scenario based emergency planning software
Developed for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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•Date: 27th April 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Federal partnership will address wildfire threats
US Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security announce partnership to develop comprehensive wildfire management strategy.
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•Date: 22nd April 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK Flood and Water Management Bill gains Royal Assent
The Act will implement several key recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt’s Review of the Summer 2007 UK floods.
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•Date: 13th April 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

DHS details Fiscal Year 2011 budget request
Janet Napolitano has unveiled the DHS’s $56.3 billion fiscal year 2011 budget request.
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•Date: 2nd Feb 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Study looks at Istanbul earthquake risk
South Istanbul expected to be the worst affected location when the next major earthquake hits the Turkish city.
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•Date: 20th Jan 2010 • Region: Asia •Type: Article

Proposed ASTM Homeland Security Standard to aid in development of emergency operations centers
Will provide advice and information on existing best business practices; aimed at emergency and business continuity managers.
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•Date: 14th Jan 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

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