Community and City Resilience and COVID-19 – A Series of Webinars
The Emergency Planning Society has launched a series of webinars – Community and City Resilience and COVID-19 for professionals working in the sector. This series of sharing webinars and interactive discussions are aimed at those working in, or with an interest in,...
Living with Afterwards
MORE than 100 resilience professionals joined the latest educational event held by the Emergency Planning Society which explored moving forward from the COVID-19 crisis. The webinar, Living with Afterwards, was hosted by Professor Lucy Easthope and EPS Chair Jacqui...
The Independent SAGE Report
The Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has published a report which it has submitted to the UK Government and has made public. The report was developed following a meeting, on 4 May 2020, of a 13-strong committee convened by former UK...
EPS calls on Government to fully use expertise of resilience professionals in COVID-19 response
THE UK’s leading representative body for resilience professionals has today called on the country’s leaders to fully use the expertise of “emergency planners” in their response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis - and beyond. The EPS is the UK's leading professional...
COVID-19 – A learning opportunity for today’s resilience students
The Emergency Planning Society (EPS) Chair Jacqui Semple, explores why, for today’s resilience students, the COVID-19 crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity and how becoming a Student Member of the Emergency Planning Society is a springboard to a...
Resilience Huddles
Over the last few weeks, the EPS has been holding a series of Resilience Huddles. These weekly virtual forums are a chance for peers within the emergency management profession to gather together and share learning, concerns and best practice. The latest of these...
National Cyber Security Centre advisory on malicious cyber actors
The UK’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint advisory of the actions of malicious actors trying to take advantage of the...
City of London Police Bulletin re Covid-19 scams
City of London Police Bulletin 2 April 2020. Classification: OFFICIAL Beware scams relating to Covid-19 pandemic Criminals will use any opportunity they can to take money from innocent people. This includes exploiting tragedies and global emergencies, such as the...
Advice on Coronavirus misinformation and email scams
In normal times technology is seen as being our friend. Business rely upon it for information gathering and dissemination and it is hard to remember times before the internet, email and social media. However, at times of crisis, while technology can be a positive...
First EPS Virtual ‘Resilience Chat’
At this time of ‘lockdown’ where face to face meetings are no longer an option, EPS Chair Jacqui Semple held the first in a series of virtual meetings for Members on Wednesday evening. The meeting lasted an hour and was a great success with 65 Members dialing in....