EMP Radio

- Business Continuity for solicitors - Computer Security Incident Response Teams - the concept of  Computer Security Incident Response Teams - the question of  who is responsible for saving illegal migrants at sea - in the US, who will get lifesaving drugs and treatment in a catastrophic pandemic - and who won’t - how a quiz on disaster awareness is raising public awareness -  a national strategy this summer to protect critical infrastructure in Canada - a possible cure for the H5N1 virus

Details at the Emergency Management Portal website.

- New Chief Fire & Rescue Adviser for London appointed - Crisis Management: a checklist - Crisis Action Planning, Unlike Chicken Soup – Does Not Get Better With Age - BS 25999 will have little impact on business resilience unless it becomes embedded in business practices - We now live in a culture of denial - DEC charities launch appeal for Darfur and Chad - CDC Director talks about the use of face masks during pandemic influenza

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- Ford Motor Co. and Michigan State University to host emergency preparedness competition - Verizon’s top 10 Business Continuity tips - Public Warning System launch in the City of London - full-scale simulated aircraft disaster - acting out road crash scenario - Condoleeza Rice is questioned by Senator Landrieu about the US’s failure to take up offers of help after Katrina

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- call for an end to gas cylinder chaos - a warning to businesses of ‘21st century’ terrorism - how Simon Hughes called on the government not to give the EU more responsibility than it needs when it comes to emergency planning - bird flu may not be the only cause of a pandemic - a terrorist exercise with a few twists - Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada See the Emergency Management Portal

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- pandemic planning for commercial real estate - face masks offer solace in pandemic - praise for officers as emergency services vow to learn from earthquake in Kent - assessment of oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska - Edinburgh sewage discharge update report - when broadband fails: business continuity

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- Lincolnshire coast best prepared for floods - Ginseng and preparedness for pandemic flu - film about a lethal virus shot on Tower Bridge - new guidance from the HSE - critical infrastructure and the role of the private sector - plan to stay calm in a crisis - are UK universities better prepared for a shooting than their US counterparts?

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- Radiation Detection Testing underway at seaports … news from the USA about the initial phase of the Secure Freight Initiative with the UK to follow (US) - contract to help a local authority to strengthen its IT resilience (UK) - shortlist for CIR 2007 Business Continuity Award (UK) - the issue of undeclared and misdeclared dangerous goods is explored (UK) - the first so-called ‘cat’ bond ever to cover floods in the UK (Germany) - Canadian public transport operator and Fire Service to conduct emergency simulation (Canada) - hospitals would be guarded in wake of attack (UK) - an interview with the County Emergency Planning Officer for Essex about the Beacon Award

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- research into living with flooding (Scotland)

- comprehensive US federal security regulations for high risk chemical facilities

- the role of the voluntary sector in dealing with emergencies in the US.

- the importance of email in Business Continuity

- the difficulties emergency planning professionals face when planning for mass burials in the event of a flu pandemic (UK)

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- next generation perimeter security from the USA - a technical problem which is threatening local election counts - we hear from one of the winners of the Beacon award - an example of good crisis management - a strong article from Canada on the inadequacies of security at airports and seaports

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- local authority Beacon Scheme awards (UK) - a new SMS allergy alert system (UK) - the US Homeland Security chief challenges the logic of screening all cargo (USA) - Israel’s Largest Civil Defence Exercise Since it independence in 1948 (Israel) - IBM and Cisco Team up to Offer Crisis Management Services (US) - Liverpool Football Club Cuts Data Loss Risks and IT Admin With Remote Backup Software (UK) - UK organisations unlikely to ‘weather the storm’ as they fail to plan for extreme conditions (UK)

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