Dave Sloggett
Dr Dave Sloggett has had a varied career extending over 40 years, having worked with the military and emergency services in a variety of roles.
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Soufriere's eruptions
Dr Dave Sloggett looks at how the authorities managed the aftermath of the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano in 1995, and the preparedness of today’s diminished community that still lives on the island - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 11, Issue 4)
Hover power
Dave Sloggett looks at the ways that helicopters provide assistance to people in disasterstricken areas and the vital role that they perform - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 11, Issue 3)
Command decision dilemmas
Dave Sloggett looks at the issues that arise in terms of command decision-making when responding to dynamic events such as a terrorist attack - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 11, Issue 2)
Cyber incidents: The tip of the iceberg?
Data breaches – including the hacking of the Ashley Madison site – have dominated the news in the past few months. Here, Dave Sloggett looks at the ways organisations should respond to cyber attacks - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 11, Issue 1)
Attack the network, not the victims
With images of adults and children dying in the Mediterranean Sea appearing virtually every day in the media, Dave Sloggett looks at what might be done to curb this illegal trade in human beings - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 10, Issue 4)
Asymmetric attacks at sea
Dave Sloggett reflects on a growing level of instability in the maritime domain and the resultant consequences for economic security - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 10, Issue 3)
Categorising marauding firearms attacks
Dave Sloggett suggests that it may be possible to categorise marauding firearms attacks into four separate groupings to help first responders in their dynamic assessment during such rapidly unfolding events - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 10, Issue 2)
Chemical potential
In the 20 years since the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo Underground, the perceived threat from further use of chemical weapons by terrorists had declined significantly. In the light of recent events Dave Sloggett questions whether that is still the case. - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 10, Issue 1)
Immediate reactions
In a world where there is a high expectancy of an attack by terrorists, Dave Sloggett looks at the issues of stereotyping initial situational awareness, saying that wrong decisions can lead to tragic outcomes for responders and victims alike - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 9, Issue 4)
Marauding firearms attacks
After the firearms attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall and recent tragedies in the US, Dave Sloggett looks at how counterterrorism teams can be better prepared for such events - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 9, Issue 3)
The growing crisis of internally displaced people
Dave Sloggett explores how aid agencies around the world are pioneering a new approach to the increasing problem of internally displaced people - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 9, Issue 2)
Aviation support to man-made disasters
Dave Sloggett explores how aviation support can prove vital in mounting a fast response to a major industrial or man-made accident - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 9, Issue 1)
Disasters: Industrial versus natural
Recent incidents in West in Texas, USA, and in Bangladesh, have reminded many in the emergency services of the challenges that arise when man-made disasters occur. Dave Sloggett explores how such events contrast with natural disasters - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 9, Issue 1)
Darwinian Terrorism
In this article Dave Sloggett suggests we are seeing the advent of a new type of terrorism, one which has evolved to survive in the face of changes to its operational environment - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 4)
Response and resilience
When terrorists strike, operational procedures can become stretched very quickly. Dave Sloggett explores how using aviation support can help the emergency services to develop greater fl exibility when responding to extraordinary events - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 4)
Water, water everywhere
At the end of 2012, the British media carried a daily dose of stories of extreme flooding. With weather events now seemingly on the rise, Dave Sloggett examines the case for changing the design benchmark for flood prevention schemes - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 3)
Floodwater rescue
In part one of this new series looking at response and resilience in today’s rapidly-developing incidents, Dave Sloggett explores the role that helicopters can play in fast moving crises - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 3)
Prevention better than cure
Dave Sloggett offers a perspective on the security of the Olympic Games from a unique vantage point inside two of the Gold Command teams created to ensure the safety of the public - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 2)
Preventing state failure
In the second part of his commentary looking into the complex issue of predicting and preventing state failure and associated crises, Dave Sloggett addresses the issue of targeting overseas development aid and what this can achieve - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 1)
Heavy lifters in crisis response
The year 2010 saw a high number of natural disasters; volcanic eruptions, fl ooding, earthquakes and drought killed hundreds of thousands of people. Dave Sloggett highlights one example of where the Royal Air Force was in the vanguard of the UK’s crisis response - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 8, Issue 1)
Future perfect?
Dr Dave Sloggett provides a backdrop to the complex tapestry of issues surrounding state failure and the various forms of intervention open to the international community - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 7, Issue 4)
Using illness as a weapon
In the third part of this series Dr Dave Sloggett turns his attention to the threat from terrorism using biological weapons - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 7, Issue 3)
Resilience: Taking the wider view
In part two of this series, Dave Sloggett widens his analysis beyond the 2005 London bombings, emphasising the importance of looking below headline casualty figures when drawing lessons from past terrorist events - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 7, Issue 2)
Nuclear events
Dr Dave Sloggett explores what some may regard as the ultimate form of terrorism – a nuclear attack – saying that all local private, public and voluntary sectors should prepare for the full spectrum of nuclear threats - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 7, Issue 2)
Resilience: The wider view
Dave Sloggett looks at the time window of the July 2007 London suicide bombings, highlighting how a small shift in timing could have had a very different impact in terms of the casualty counts and the stress placed on emergency services and hospitals - Written by Dave Sloggett. (Volume 7, Issue 1)