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• UK CCS Releases Understanding Crowd Behaviours Guidance Package (19 July 2009)
  In 2008 the Civil Contingencies Secretariat commissioned Leeds University to produce a series of research reports collectively titled ‘Understanding Crowd Behaviour’. These reports are now being published as part of the body of UK Civil Protection Guidance. While definitive, precise and infallible rules for event preparation and crowd management simply do not exist, these reports have distilled and interpreted what represents good practice and they will provide planners with clear direction, and supporting information, about the assumptions that can very reasonably be made about crowd behaviour. Five reports comprise the guidance. Each is briefly summarised below, with links to each report.
  • Understanding Crowd Behaviours: A Guide for Readers [PDF 2.3MB] - This brief report summarises the substantive research reports and is the recommended starting point for readers.
  • Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Guidance and Lessons Identified [PDF 13.2MB] - This is a highly practical report, which provides a comprehensive set of good practice guidelines for crowd events and management, and for emergency situations and evacuations. It also provides a comprehensive set of good practice guidelines for simulating crowd behaviours. This report should be of interest to all those involved in the field of crowd events.
  • Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Supporting Evidence [PDF 6.2MB] - This report sets out the literature behind the good practice guidelines for crowd management, emergency situations and evacuations and crowd simulation techniques. It is expected that readers will want to explore this report as a supplement to “Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Guidance and Lessons Identified”, in order to better appreciate the derivation of the guidelines.
  • Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Simulation Tools [PDF 2.7MB] - This report contains a detailed review of three of the leading agent-based simulation tools currently available. It is particularly relevant to those already involved with simulating crowd behaviours, or those who are looking to use simulation tools to assist with event preparation.
  • Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Supporting Documentation [PDF 2.1MB] - This report sets out and references in detail the sources of the literature underpinning the guidance and lessons identified. As such it is a resource for readers wishing to further explore aspects of the literature in which they are most interested and researchers in the crowd behaviour field.
• UK DEFRA Overview of Emergency Preparedness for Exotic Animal Diseases
• UK DEFRA Framework Response Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases
• UK DEFRA Lead Government Department Plan for Flooding in England (revised May 2008)
• IAEM Europa Bylaws
• UK National Health Service Provides Planning Guidance Documents on Critical Care Contingency Planning and Management of Burn Injured Patients in the Event of a Major Incident:
  • Critical Care Contingency Planning in the event of an emergency where the number of patients substantially exceeds normal critical care capacity: Best Practice Guidance
  • Planning for the Management of Burn Injured Patients in the Event of a Major Incident: Best Practice Guidance
• Management of Volunteers Guidance Manual - EROCIPS Project WP3.2 Coastal Pollution Response

• UK National Recovery Plan Guidance

• Humanitarian Assistance in the UK: Current Capability and the Development of Best Practice, Dr Anne Eyre, Viv Brunsden & Jamie Murphy (Oct. 2007) In April 2007, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport commissioned research to identify the current capability in humanitarian assistance around the UK. A report published Oct. 9, “Humanitarian Assistance in the UK: Current Capability and the Development of Best Practice,” produced by Dr Anne Eyre, Viv Brunsden & Jamie Murphy, identifies some examples of good practice in humanitarian assistance and provides an evidence-base for the development of future best practice. The report also focuses on challenges and opportunities for enhancing emergency capability, and makes recommendations about the type of support local responders require and where Government resources should be focused.
• Video: "Coping in a Crisis: Europe's Civil Protection Mechanism"
• UK Evacuation & Shelter Guidance
• Domestic Security, Civil Contingencies and Resilience in the United Kingdom: A Guide to Policy (June 2007) Compiled and edited by Dr, Paul Cornish, Head, International Security Programme, Chatham House.
• Exercise Winter Willow: Lessons Identified (2007) More than 5,000 people from a large number of UK organisations representing government, industry and the voluntary sector participated in Exercise Winter Willow, with a common aim to check preparation for the major disruptive challenges that an influenza pandemic may bring. The exercise provided an excellent opportunity to thoroughly test plans and preparedness and was a huge logistical and organisational feat, which in itself has provided a wealth of learning which can be shared both nationally and internationally. This report outlines the results of the evaluation of the exercise.
• Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic: A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths (2007) Prepared by The Home Office, Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group, Public Order Unit – Mass Fatalities Section, UK, this draft guidance paper sets out proposals on planning for the management of potentially large numbers of deaths during a pandemic influenza outbreak. The draft framework is aimed at local planners preparing contingency plans for the extraordinary circumstances it is understood are possible. This forms part of a suite of sensible contingency planning the UK government has underway to prepare for pandemic influenza.