LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PEACETIME EMERGENCY PLANNING: A REVIEW OF
01 January 1991
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PEACETIME EMERGENCY PLANNING: A REVIEW OF
CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT
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BOOKS/PAMPHLETS , User Ref = P64630 , Acc Date = 14-Apr-89
Association of Metropolitan Authorities
AMA, Nov 1988 34pp (AMA, 35 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BJ)
RP64630A
Defines the scale of a major disaster, and acknowledges the
organisations and professions involved. Considers the problems
impeding the development of an effective peacetime emergency
planning service in Britain, including the priority given to
civil defence, the inadequate statutory basis, local authority
practice and gaps at the national level. Recommends the
separation of emergency planning from civil defence, legislation
to create an Inspectorate to coordinate public and private
organisations in drawing up a comprehensive plan, with more
resources and the formulation by local authorities of hazard
profiles and specific area plans.
central government, emergency services, disaster planning, public
sector, private sector
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