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| Document Type: Paper | Phase: PREP | ||
| Title: Emergency Preparedness Training in England | |||
| Author: Coile, Russell, PhD. CEM | Affiliation: Emergency Program Manager, Pacific Grove Fire Department | ||
| Abstract: The British Home Office has its Emergency Planning College at Easingwold in North Yorkshire, England. Known as the Civil Defence College for more than 50 years, there was a name change in 1989 when the Home Office decided to increase the emphasis on preparedness for peacetime disasters such as train wrecks, airplane crashes, hazardous chemical plant accidents and other emergencies. The Emergency Planning College presents about 30 seminars and courses each year. Some information about the seminars and courses will be presented, as well as the scheduled dates. I had the opportunity to visit the College and attend a course there in September 1993. The Easingwold course was Seminar for Elected Members. The participants at Easingwold were "elected members" - chairmen of councils, and leaders of principal political parties. The objective of the course was to educate the leaders as to their roles and responsibilities in emergency preparedness and show them how the emergency services should be prepared for various types of disasters. At Easingwold, briefings, group and plenary discussions and a discussion-based exercise were combined to give members an opportunity to discuss the problems which might confront local authorities in a range of emergencies. The seminar ended with case studies of recent emergencies in which local councilors and officers who were involved explained their own roles and the action which was taken by their authorities. | |||
| Date: 10/1/93 | Name: england.txt | File Format: txt | File Size: 21KB |
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