EU FloodCommand to improve EU response

03 May 2007

EU FloodCommand is a new UK-led, EU co-funded project to improve cooperation between member states as they plan and implement a joined-up response to coastal flooding disasters

 

Cabinet level security minister needed to deal with disasters

03 April 2007

Former Tory security spokesman, Patrick Mercer, criticises UK Home Office split as a "big mistake". Civil Contingencies Secretariat needs a cabinet-ranking minister of security if it is to deal effectively with disasters

 

Why modern terrorists are different

26 February 2007

Ms Farhana Ali, an international policy analyst with the Rand Corporation describes in an exclusive interview with Contingency Today how modern terrorist organisations are different from those in the past

 

Len Porter Rail Safety and Standards Board

30 January 2007

The RSSB chief executive describes how risk management has improved safety on GB railways