Preparing for emergencies

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• Final Pitt Review Launched: Lessons learned from the 2007 floods (25/06/08)
• Government publishes National Security Strategy (20/03/08)
• Chartered Management Institute Business Continuity Survey 2008 (17/03/08)
• Foot and Mouth Disease 2007: A Review and Lessons Learned (11/03/08)
• Flooding: Advice and information (15/01/08)
• Business Continuity Management Toolkit (15/01/08)

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• Pandemic Influenza Checklist for Businesses
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• Latest on Pandemic Flu
• Latest on Avian Influenza (bird flu)

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• UK Resilience
• Flooding Review Lessons Learned website
• Intelligence Community website
• Emergency Planning College
• London Prepared
• 10 Downing Street
• Direct Gov

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