�The [security] threat we face is not
conventional. It is a challenge of a different nature from anything the world
has faced before�
Prime Minister, Tony Blair
(March 2004)
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HM
Government - 10 Downing Street
26/07/2004 12:50
Emergency planning advice released�
All 25 million households in the UK will
receive a booklet detailing practical advice on how to prepare for a range of
emergencies.
The new booklet called 'Preparing for
Emergencies - what you need to know' gives practical guidance to the public on
situations like major accidents and terrorist attacks. It will be delivered to
every household in the UK throughout August � Home Secretary David Blunkett
called public safety and security the "number one" concern for
Government:
"The practical advice in this booklet
will allow people to make sensible preparations that will help them in a range
of emergencies, such as fires, as well as terrorist incidents,"...
u� Preparing for Emergencies website
http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/
u� Preparing for Emergencies booklet
http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/pdfs/england.pdf
update 23.08.04 - Terror advice pamphlet in UK ... jetzt auch in anderen Sprachen verf�gbar!
UK-Links:
HOME� OFFICE
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/terrorism/index.html
MI 5
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page8.html
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page5.html
UK� RESILIENCE
http://www.ukresilience.info/home.htm
LONDON� PREPARED
http://www.londonprepared.gov.uk/index.htm
MINISTRY� OF� DEFENCE
The
Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP, published on 21 July 2004 a
Command Paper describing the planned transformation of the Armed Forces�:
Delivering
Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities
http://www.mod.uk/issues/security/cm6269/index.html
�statement to the
House of Commons:
http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_press_notice.asp?newsItem_id=2958
THE STRATEGIC DEFENCE REVIEW: A NEW CHAPTER
http://www.mod.uk/issues/sdr/newchapter.htm
MEDIA:
BBC News world edition - 26 July, 2004, 11:41 GMT 12:41 UK
Terror advice pamphlet unveiled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3923949.stm
Edinburgh Evening News - 26 Jul 2004
'Don't panic' plea as terror leaflet issued
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=758&id=855602004
Independent - 26 July 2004
Households to get leaflet on terror attacks
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=544751
The Guardian - July 26, 2004
Terrorism:
advice for every household
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1269006,00.html
�8m
terror advice campaign launched
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1269425,00.html