Hazards / Risks: Environment & Health

Risks categorised under Environment and Health range greatly. Many of them are perhaps something you might associate with a disaster film such as Earthquakes, Volcanos and even a Pandemic, but this area does also include themes such as Animal disease that are likely to be more familiar with. The important thing is that although we can sometimes find it difficult to relate to these (not withstanding a Pandemic), these risks do have an important part to play in our risk landscape as we move forward in time.

Risk Advice & Articles

Animal Disease

Animal Disease

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What do we think of when we hear the word animal disease? For most of us it is probably Bird Flu, Foot and Mouth or maybe a sick animal. That's not wrong but there's so much more.

Drought

Drought

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A drought means a prolonged period of shortages in the water supply. It can happen after an unusually low period of rainfall, for an extended period of time.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

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Earthquakes to us in the UK probably feel somewhat distant – but despite this we are actually impacted by them!

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

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Heatwaves – do we get them in the UK? Sometimes it feels like all we get is rain in the Summer, but we do get heatwaves, think back to 2022!

Heavy Snow

Heavy Snow

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Snow! It brings up thoughts of Christmas, days off school and perhaps a festive landscape. But sometimes its not always as fun as we think!

Pandemic

Pandemic

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Several years ago most people would consider a Pandemic as one of two things; something that only happens in a movie, or a fun board game. Recent history tells us a very different story!

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Exercise Inundation

Exercise Inundation

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Its not too often we take part in big exercises across multiple boundaries, but sometimes a great opportunity presents its-self!

Salisbury Rail Crash

Salisbury Rail Crash

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Some describe it as the Salisbury Rail Crash, some as the Salisbury. Derailment and some as the Salisbury Train Crash. Whatever label one puts on it, officially it was Operation Zambezi.

Operation London Bridge

Operation London Bridge

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Operation Bridges is the collective term for the plans that are put in place for the death of a senior Royal. These are unfortunately something we had been working on for a few years.