CBC: Crisis Planning in London

[Geek_Girl]

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Adrian Gordon is the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness, and Peter Power is Managing Director of a London-based consulting firm that specializes in crisis management, Visor Consultants - which on the morning of July 7 was co-incidentally running a security exercise for a private firm,

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CBS Sunday

[bassman79]

1. Go back to sleep

Nothing to see here....

Pay no attention to those men carrying out a drill of bombing the subway right when and where it was bombed...

Heh, heh, just a coincedence, heh,heh .....

[Must_B_Free]

2. Rudolph Giuliani

"- Chaired by Jeff Hamblin, Chief Executive of BTA, the membership includes the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the British Incoming Tour Operators Association, the British Hospitality Association, British Airways, the Association of British Travel Agents, the Passenger Shipping Association, the Airports Operators Assocation and representatives from the UK’s national tourist boards.
- The group’s remit is to prepare for and agree immediate response and strategies for any crises which affect the industry.
- The crisis management and business continuity company, Visor consultants, will provide the TIER group with a ‘belt and braces’ solution to the current crisis over the next few weeks. This is planned to prevent the situation deteriorating any further and facilitate a swift recovery in the coming months.

What will BTA do next?
The UKwithNY event from 14 - 28 October in New York will show the UK’s solidarity with New York in a time of crisis and has received the full support of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York’s business community. Three years in the planning, it is the largest international initiative launched in New York City for almost 20 years. It reflects the solidarity between the United Kingdom and New York - a solidarity that has become all the more vital after the events of September 11. The festival - with some 200 concerts, performances, exhibitions, lectures, and more - will share the most compelling and captivating aspects of 21st-century Britain with the City, its residents and visitors. Including:
- The Band of the Coldstream Guards, which won the hearts of the US public by playing the Star Spangled Banner in the days immediately following the terrorist attacks on 11 September, will help kick off the UKwithNY festival. Performances include concerts in Washington Square Park, the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the opening of the Rockefeller Center Skating Rink and a parade in Bryant Park. The Band’s visit is sponsored by BTA."

from google cache


Possible that Rudy knew Peter Power through Tourism and Security businesses?

"Peter Power, a former police officer who witnessed the King's Cross fire that killed 30 people, devised the 'gold, silver, bronze' response strategy now used by every police force in Britain. He heads a company, Visor Consultants, which has written the DTI's guide to coping with a crisis."

[Geek_Girl]

4. Well at least that answers what Guiliani was doing there

Being a security consultant my guess is he may have been working with Visor on this security drill.

[dzika]

3. This doesn't seem unusual.

I'm sure this type of coincidence has happened before.

[mmonk]

5. coincidences

are the rule nowadays.

[insane_cratic_gal]

6. I think Guiliani is the target

lol..

Hillary Did it!! :crazy: Give the freepers something else to blame the Clintons for.

[Geek_Girl]

7. That wouldn't supprise me

n/t