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 At its recent annual awards dinner at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel ALARM presented its 2008 risk management awards.
The winners were:
PEOPLE RISK AWARD
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service
ASSET RISK AWARD
Derbyshire County Council
STRATEGIC RISK AWARD
Sunderland City Council
OPERATIONAL RISK AWARD
Powys County Council
RISK MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Dr. David Hancock, London Development Agency
The ALARM Awards are given for excellence in the field of risk management in the public sector and are judged by a panel of experts from academia, local government and Awards sponsors Capita BEST, Risk Management Partners, Travelers, and Zurich Municipal.
Dr. Hancock received the award of ALARM Risk Manager of the Year in recognition of his work in raising the standard of risk management in the London Development Agency and embedding strategic risk management across the organisation.
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue won the People Risk Award for their initiative, ‘Drive to Arrive’, which, in requiring Manchester fire fighters to drive more safely, has reduced injuries to the public by 75 percent over the past year.
Derbyshire County Council took the Asset Risk Award for its efforts to reduce theft of IT equipment from schools and other Council owned premises. The measures that Derbyshire put in place have reduced losses suffered by the Council by 82 percent.
Sunderland City Council’s Safer Sunderland Partnership was awarded with the Strategic Risk honour for its work in reducing crime in the area.
Powys County Council’s work was recognised with the Operational Risk Award for its efforts to reduce the risk of motor accidents involving members of its staff.
http://www.alarm-uk.org
•Date: 9th July 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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