The Pitt Review - EPS Briefing Note - Lessons Learned from 2007 Floods
Following the flooding in June and July 2007, Sir Michael Pitt was commissioned to undertake an urgent review of the multi-agency response and recovery thus far. The Interim Report was published on Dec 17th (see http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/thepittreview/interim_report.aspx) with the final report due for publication later in 2008. The report makes 15 urgent recommendations (see Annex, pp4-5) and 72 associated Interim Conclusions. These are strategic in nature but the overwhelming majority has implications for Emergency Planners in the UK, and the Republic of Ireland and, indeed, across the globe.
The aim of this briefing note is to ensure that EPS members are informed about the broad themes of the report and likely implications and, most importantly, how individuals and their organisations may contribute to these, including a formal response to the Pitt Review Team on behalf of the EPS that the Environmental Risks Working Group is compiling.
The full briefing note is available by clicking here
The EPS Environmental Risks Working Group is putting together a formal response to the Pitt Review Team on behalf of the Emergency Planning Society. Members and Non-Members are invited to respond via a Survey Monkey web based survey (click on the link below) or by contacting members of the London Branch on the links below:
Deadline: Wednesday 5th March 2008, to collate all response in time for the Pitt Review Team's deadline
Web: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MbadWj_2f4x1RZ6SuRSdnyug_3d_3d
Email: christine.lowe@southwark.gov.uk
Mail: Emergency Planning, London Borough of Southwark, Great Guildford Business Square, Unit 322 / 3, 30 Great Guildford Street, London, SE1 0HS
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