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ICPEM's blog is a platform for sharing fresh perspectives, insights, and discussions on civil protection and emergency management. It features thought-provoking articles that challenge current thinking, highlight innovative practices, and explore emerging trends. The blog provides an opportunity for members and experts to contribute their ideas, promote knowledge exchange, and raise awareness of key issues in the field. Regular contributions from professionals and award winners offer valuable content to enhance understanding and drive progress in emergency management practices globally.

ICPEM Annual Conference 2022 Part 6

Mary Long-Dhonau OBE; Flood – experiences, problems and recovery A very interesting talk that raised a lot of reflective points for me...

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 2.

An incredible presentation from Peter Cheesman director at the Emergency Planning Society The EPS Peter is an incredibly gifted...

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 1. Part 5.

Stuart Andrews & Patrick Duggan Reducing the risk of burnout: creative practices of emergency planning and resilience. This is a talk...

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 1. Part 3.

Anna-Liisa Tampuu Building resilience and innovation through inclusive security This was a brilliant and well rounded talk, taking...

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 1. Part 2.

Lianna Roast, MSc, MBPsS - Learning and resilience a critical combination For me this perfectly followed on from the previous speaker....

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 1. Part 4.

Mark Harris - Media engagement in a crisis - friend or foe? A great presentation, a whistle stop tour of the changing landscape in recent...

Stephanie Buller

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The International Security Expo Day 1. Part 1.

A brilliant day today at the international risk & resilience conference at the international security expo today. Thoroughly enjoyed the...

Stephanie Buller

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Reflections from my Armchair

Having spent most of my professional life dealing with preparation and contingency planning for dramatic events and disasters as well as...

Dr. Ken Hines

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#NoNaturalDisasters Conference 2022

I have more notes than I can hope to synthesise in a day. This has by far been the most intellectually stimulating conference that I have...

Stephanie Buller

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 25 May 2022

The statistic show we continue to improve our position in respect of Covid. It has not gone away yet but today in the UK things are...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 18 May 2022

The latest figures released continue to show substantial improvement across the board. Less than 100, 000 people have tested positive in...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 11 May 2022

The Government web site from where I get most of my statistics reports that today’s figures are delayed, and they do not know when they...

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European Security Week

The Belgian city of Liege hosted the third and final European Week of Security and Police Academy from 2 – 6 of May 2022. Fellow of ICPEM...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 4 May 2022

The situation continues to improve after the latest Bank Holiday and the statistics are promising. With testing no longer required the...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 29 Apr 2022

As the latest bank holiday weekend begins we can be pleased to see improvements in all the markers as Covid has much less of an impact at...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 27 Apr 2022

The General situation with Covid continues to improve, it should be less of a problem as the summer draws nearer. Testing is largely...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 25 Apr 2022

The data being provided is becoming more difficult to interpret again. As an example, because of changes with the way Public Health Wales...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 22 Apr 2022

The situation generally continues to improve here in the UK, but there is at least one anomaly in the data released today to try and...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 20 Apr 2022

With the extended holiday over Easter it has been a week since my last report. The good news is that the situation is clearly now...

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Doc Hines - Covid News & Views - 13 Apr 2022

Today I have driven nearly 300 miles to get to an important meeting and then rushed home to do the Wednesday report. I find that...

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