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CRJ Issue 10:2, Winter 2014
The winter edition of the CRJ has now gone to press. This is what's inside... News: New Editorial A...

Exhibition shows how humans are transforming the planet
Can logging be beautiful? Seen from above, it creates the most delicate patterns, but the story behi...

Innovating frontline Fire & Rescue response
The modern UK Fire & Rescue Service is about putting fires out, right? Well, not entirely, ...

CRJ Winter edition update
We are working on the next issue of Crisis Response Journal, which is published in December. This is...

Natural Defence against Un-Natural Disaster
Every year storms, floods, droughts and other extreme events affect hundreds of millions of people a...

Strategic thinking in the face of Ebola
Patrick Lagadec, Former Senior Research Scientist at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, and Mik...

The Family Meal - a UN World Food Programme & ECHO photo exhibition
In an attempt to explore the question of ‘What brings us together?’ photographer Chris T...

Syria's Civil Defence: Bringing hope to beleaguered civilians
Syria: Just over a year ago, this volunteer from Northern Aleppo lost a leg to a barrel bomb in horr...

Elevated threat: Implications for businesses and individuals
As you will know, the current UK threat level from international terrorism for the UK is assessed as...

What's coming up in the September issue
The next issue of Crisis Response Journal marks a decade of publishing, bringing the world's emergen...

World Class World Cities event in London - book now for 20% discount
World Cities Conference - Safe, Secure, Smart and Resilient: October 9-10, 2014, British Library, Lo...

Looking back a decade: CRJ's tenth anniversary
In a shortened version of a longer article that will appear in the next issue of CRJ, Tony Moore loo...

Jerusalem snowstorm - an analysis
Jay Levinson analyses the emergency response to recent unprecedented snowfall in Jerusalem. Photo c...

New Editorial Advisory Panel Member
CRJ is delighted to welcome Roger Gomm, QPM, to our Editorial Advisory Panel Roger retired in fro...

'No box at all' Part III scenario training
Following my previous blogs, this one looks at the third evening of training for 20 firefighters fro...

Out of the Box scenario training Part II
Further to his previous blog entry on a series of training exercises in the Netherlands, Christo Mot...

Within the Box exercise part I VRR-Oost
Christo Motz describes the first of a three-part series of exercises designed to test volunteer fire...

Thoughts on the long-term effects of nuclear waste
Christo Motz presents a very personal view of nuclear safety and calls for greater responsibility in...