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Emergency Planning 2021: Effectively Preparing for and Responding to Civil Emergencies

Online Event 1 December 2021, 9:00am - 3:00pm

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Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:25am
Chair’s Welcome Address
9:30am
Keynote Address: Utilizing ResillienceDirect

This interactive  session will outline the journey Merseyside Fire & Rescue has been on to embed Resilience Direct into the day to day use of a modern Fire and Rescue Service

  1. Embedding RD into Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
  2. Using RD in the Local Resilience Forum environment
  3. Use of RD in the Operational Environment
  4. How to complete an RD Operational Response Page
Paul Murphy, Area Manager Operational Preparedness @ Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
10:00am
Presentation by the Emergency Planning Society
  • Introduction to the Emergency Planning Society
  • What a professional Emergency Planner brings organisations and our wider society
  • An all-hazards approach, thinking beyond COVID-19
Stephen Arundell, Director for Governance, The Emergency Planning Society
10:20am
Case Study: On disruption and disruptors … a community member’s perspective of the Grenfell Tower Fire

Gill shares her own experience of

  • Living in Grenfell Tower
  • Watching the fire and the immediate aftermath
  • Discovering the multiple failed opportunities to prevent Grenfell

And offers her insights about

  • Piecemeal versus systemic change
  • Why we fail to learn
  • How we might get better: The role of disruption and the disruptors
Gill Kernick, Author, Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Key Address: Ensuring a Robust & Resilient Healthcare Plan for a Multitude of Emergencies
Stuart Hosking-Durn, Head of Resilience & Patient Flow at NHS Lancashire & Cumbria
12:00pm
Case Study: Haringey Council's Resilience and Response to Emergencies
Christina Tellez, Principal Emergency Planning Officer, Haringey Council
12:25pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:45pm
Lunch And Networking
1:30pm
Networking Session

An opportunity to discuss pertinent topics with your peers and colleagues.

2:00pm
Key Address: Stress Testing for Complex Events and Cascading Effects
Dr. Gianluca Pescaroli, Lecturer in Business Continuity and Organisational Resilience, UCL, Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction
2:20pm
Case Study: Community Resilience and Response in Times of Crisis
Lesley Speedie, Chairperson of Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill Resilience Group
2:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close

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