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1. News - Widespread Global Flooding
NASA scientists identified the return of El Niño, which occurs typically every three to seven years, causing changes in weather patterns worldwide... click here for more
2. Management of Flood Emergencies – part II
The management of major flood emergencies (MMFE) is recognised as a truly multi-disciplinary issue, affecting not only blue light services but all category one and two responders... click here for more
3. Management of flood emergencies – part III
One of the key outcomes from the Management of Major Flood Emergencies (MMFE) project was the need to improve resilience and mutual aid arrangements for truly major incidents... click here for more
4. Confronting the ‘Perfect Storm’
The endeavours of this group of British fire officers are also being documented through a film for public broadcast that will show just what these local emergency responders are doing to protect their communities... click here for more
5. Channel Tunnel Vision
More than 700 firefighters battled in temperatures topping 1000°C to bring a fire in the
Channel Tunnel under control in September... click here for more
6. Multi-Agency Rescue
After Flash Floods
On August 16, 2004, the Environment Agency issued flood warnings for North Cornwall. Between
1200 and 2300, up to 100mm of rain fell in Boscastle... click here for more
7. The Man Who Can
Emily Hough speaks to Sálvano Briceño, Director of the United Nations’ International Strategy for Disaster Reduction... click here for more
8. Principles of Emergency Management
Eight principles that will be used to guide the development of a doctrine of emergency management. This monograph lists these eight principles and provides a brief description of each... click here for more
9. Tunnel Questions?
All tunnels can become a fire related problem sometime in their long lives – a relatively straightforward assumption? Asks David Lane... click here for more
10. The Business Case for a National Flood Rescue Framework
Following the Government's response to the Pitt review, CFO Paul Hayden details the need to implement a national flood rescue framework... click here for more
11. US / UK Flood Management Symposium
CFO Paul Hayden reports from North Carolina on the first US / UK Flood Symposium held at the end of 2008... click here for more
12. The Way Forward in Water Rescue
The heavy burden being placed on the emergency rescue services soon became clear... click here for more
13. The Management of Major Flood Emergencies
Accepting that there is an increased level of risk from flooding, what then is the emergency services community doing to meet the need... click here for more
14. Major Flood Management : The Move To A Local Resilience Model
Keynote speakers Paul O'Sullivan and David Lane touched upon recent events which have brought marine rescue into the public domain... click here for more
The above articles appear with the kind permission of the magazines and publications concerned including: IFE Journal (now Fire Risk Management), Fire, International Fire Protection and especially Crisis Response published by Cava Media Ltd, our co-organisers of the ‘Floodfighters Conferences’. To access the “Floodfighters” web site please see the links page.
