CBRN preparedness in a small community: How the Isle of Man has integrated responding and support services

Bruce Kirkham

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2009, vol. 3, issue 2, 153-160

Abstract: The Isle of Man was not included in the rollout of the UK Government’s New Dimension programme to equip the civilian emergency services for dealing with large-scale terrorist-led incidents. Threat analysis for the island deemed this scenario to be a low-risk, low-frequency event, but one that would have a high impact upon the community, infrastructure and stability of this well regulated and highly successful international financial centre. A practical, pragmatic and integrated approach by the responding emergency services, government departments and volunteer agencies has resulted in the establishment of a credible response capability for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. This paper details how the initial risk analysis was carried out, and describes the updating of the emergency management plan and the development of the interoperability of the emergency services, including the link between preplanning and operational command. Ongoing training and improvements in disaster management are also discussed.

Keywords: CBRN; threat analysis; risk to infrastructure; preplanning; operational command; interoperability; communications and disaster management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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