Nation unprepared for terror, BBC says
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published September 26, 2004
LONDON, BRITAIN -- Despite warnings that a terrorist attack is likely, less than half of the key local authorities in Britain have prepared plans for mass evacuations, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
The BBC said confidential official documents it had obtained also showed that 77 percent of councils and 70 percent of police forces did not have plans to deal with people contaminated by chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks.
Only one of the 28 strategic health authorities reported that it was ready to deal with mass casualties from a potential attack, the BBC said.
The survey was commissioned last year by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
Nation unprepared for terror, BBC says
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published September 26, 2004
LONDON, BRITAIN -- Despite warnings that a terrorist attack is likely, less than half of the key local authorities in Britain have prepared plans for mass evacuations, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
The BBC said confidential official documents it had obtained also showed that 77 percent of councils and 70 percent of police forces did not have plans to deal with people contaminated by chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks.
Only one of the 28 strategic health authorities reported that it was ready to deal with mass casualties from a potential attack, the BBC said.
The survey was commissioned last year by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
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