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emergency preparedness

A UK term of art, defined under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, for the development and maintenance of agreed procedures to prevent, reduce, control, mitigate and take other actions in the event of a civil (natural or man-made) emergency (disaster).
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Riedel Joins Baker as Director of Emergency Management and Hazard Mitigation

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