The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005
Author: Scotland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2005-10-12
Genre: Emergency management
ISBN: 9780110697444

Enabling power: Civil Contingencies Act 2004, ss. 2 (4) (5), 4 (3) (4) (5), 6 (2), 12, 15 (1), 17 (6). Issued: 12.10.2005. Made: 06.10.2005. Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 07.10.2005. Coming into force: 14.11.2005. Effect: None. Territorial extent & classification: S. General

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Author: Clive Walker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Recent disturbing events, namely: the fuel strikes of 2000; the catastrophic terrorist attacks of 2001; the threat of further attack through chemical and biological weapons; the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001; and climate change with its associated risks of floods and drought; have rendered a more comprehensive approach to risk and resilience within the United Kingdom essential. This book provides a detailed exploration of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and its supporting documentation. It describes and analyses recent changes by providing a full commentary on all parts of the Act. Part I covers the planning aspects and Part II explores the more reactive and controversial regulations.

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
Author: Irene Hardill
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447367243

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. Some volunteering projects had to be paused, while others were delivered in different ways, but across all four UK nations large numbers of people began volunteering for the first time. This book provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities of mobilising voluntary action across the four UK nations during the pandemic. Sector experts and academics examine the divergent voluntary action policy frameworks adopted, the state and non-state supported volunteer responses, the changes in the profile of volunteers and the plans to sustain their involvement. This book addresses the urgent policy and practice need for evidence-based considerations to support recovery from the pandemic and to prepare for future emergencies.

Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management

Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management
Author: Kees Boersma
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2017-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317270983

Big data, surveillance, crisis management. Three largely different and richly researched fields, however, the interplay amongst these three domains is rarely addressed. Through unique international case studies this book examines the links between these three fields. Considering crisis management as an 'umbrella term' that covers a number of crises and ways of managing them, this book explores the collection of ‘big data’ by governmental crisis organisations, as well as the unintended consequences of using such data. In particular, through the lens of surveillance, the contributions investigate how the use and abuse of big data can easily lead to monitoring and controlling the behaviour of people affected by crises. Readers will understand that big data in crisis management must be examined as a political process, involving questions of power and transparency. A highly topical volume, Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields including Sociology and Surveillance Studies, Disaster and Crisis Management, Media Studies, Governmentality, Organisation Theory and Information Society Studies.

Fire and Rescue Service operational guidance - railway incidents

Fire and Rescue Service operational guidance - railway incidents
Author: Great Britain: Department for Communities and Local Government
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780117541122

The Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance - Railway Incidents presents a framework for a safe system of work for operations at incidents involving railways. It provides robust yet flexible guidance that can be adapted to the nature, scale and requirements of the incident. Incidents involving railways may generate intense media attention where the operations of the emergency services are rigorously scrutinised. Whilst much of this attention is approving it will invariably focus on the preparedness of the emergency services and their operational effectiveness. Such incidents may place significant demands on local fire and rescue services and often require a national co-ordinated response from across the country

Exploring the Boundaries of International Criminal Justice

Exploring the Boundaries of International Criminal Justice
Author: Mark Findlay
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317137175

This collection discusses appropriate methodologies for comparative research and applies this to the issue of trial transformation in the context of achieving justice in post-conflict societies. In developing arguments in relation to these problems, the authors use international sentencing and the question of victims' interests and expectations as a focus. The conclusions reached are wide-ranging and haighly significant in challenging existing conceptions for appreciating and giving effect to the justice demands of victims of war and social conflict. The themes developed demonstrate clearly how comparative contextual analysis facilitates our understanding of the legal and social contexts of international punishment and how this understanding can provide the basis for expanding the role of restorative international criminal justice within the context of international criminal trials.

Rural Healthcare

Rural Healthcare
Author: Jim Cox
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2023-03-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000849945

Rural Healthcare was the first textbook of rural medicine in the UK. In this fully revised second edition, it continues to fulfil the requirement for a resource dedicated to the particular needs of those living and practising in rural areas. Offering an authoritative, informative, evidence-based, practical reference book, it is required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of rural healthcare, a foundation for rural healthcare curriculae and an inspirational read. It is invaluable for both intending and established rural primary healthcare workers, including general practitioners, nurses, midwives, paramedics, therapists, managers and administrators.

Aircraft incidents

Aircraft incidents
Author: Great Britain: Department for Communities and Local Government
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780117541085

The Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance - Aircraft Incidents provides a consistent approach that forms the basis for common operational practices. It supports interoperability between fire and rescue services, other emergency responders, the aviation industry and other groups. This guidance covers a wide range of incident types that Fire and Rescue Services are likely to encounter in relation to aircraft. It is applicable to any event regardless of scale, from small incidents, such as an accident involving a microlight, to a large incident involving a civil aircraft (e.g. Airbus A380) resulting in a large scale major incident. It covers the time period from the receipt of the first emergency call to the closure of the incident by the Fire and Rescue Service Incident Commander. Whilst this guidance may be of use to a number of other agencies, it is mainly for the UK Fire and Rescue Service. In addition to detailed tactical and technical information it also outlines the key operational and strategic responsibilities and considerations that need to be taken into account to enable the Fire and Rescue Service to train, test intervention strategies and plan to ensure effective response at an aircraft incident