Dr Helen Turner
@hellturn
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Head of Preparedness for a Category 1 responder. PhD from Swansea University about tear gas and memory. Gardening, BSB and Ospreys fan always. No poker face.
London, England
Joined March 2011
Attention police forces who think that integrating AI, particularly Co Pilot, is some sort of quantum leap forward and only a positive, whilst using it to justify cuts to personnel and their corresponding (human) expertise… this will be the tip of the iceberg.
BREAK: West Mids police chief constable Craig Guildford offers “profound apology” and admits that fictitious Maccabi/West Ham match included in police “intelligence” used to justify ban ***was*** generated by AI. Guildford said the opposite to MPs.
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Now out in @millennjournal, 'Memory Politics After Disaster: Recovery, Embodied Trauma and the Covid-19 Pandemic' by Amy Cortvriend @LucyGoBag @jenny_edkins and yours truly. What an honour to co-author with these superstars, again!
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This article critically approaches disaster ‘recovery’ in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic through the notion of embodied trauma. We explore concepts of embodi...
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The greatest of them all 👑 His rivals knew it. The fans knew it. We all knew it. @jonathanrea wasn’t just a Champion — he was the Champion 🤩👉 https://t.co/VxVIwLA8Rl
#WorldSBK
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What… and I cannot stress this enough… the actual fuck 👀 ‘It’s gruesome’: fears of grave-robbing amid rise in sale of human remains
theguardian.com
Social media is helping drive trade in skulls, bones and skin products as UK legal void risks new era of ‘body snatching’
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*saves file on computer* OneDrive: got it me: where? OneDrive: what
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If you work in and around crisis management and resilience I am interested in your views for some research. I would be grateful if you can fill in the survey and share with others to complete. Thanks https://t.co/6k2QpSAJe5
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Following last Monday’s poignant anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, we’d like to reflect on what happened that day from not only the perspective of a survivor but someone whose job it was to protect the public. Read his recollection here: https://t.co/9rEkSXwFnR
#77Bombings
ukresilienceacademy.org
7/7 London Terrorist Attack; Personal Reflections from a Survivor and a Responder - UK Resilience Academy
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Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 London bombings, which killed 52 people and injured over 770 others. We remember the victims and all affected, and honour the bravery of emergency services, especially BTP officers and staff who worked tirelessly in the aftermath.
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BREAKING: New national security strategy warns that the UK must “actively prepare” for war on the homeland for the 1st time in many years “For the first time in many years, we have to actively prepare for the possibility of the UK homeland coming under direct threat, potentially
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Over the years I’ve queried how JESIP intend to improve their integration of BTP, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency or Cat 2 responders and it feels like it just sits in their “too difficult” box…
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It’s reductive and disappointing. The exclusion of other Category 1 organisations (not to mention non-Home Office Police Forces) from this work seems completely at odds with the Pollock Report and @jesip999’s own fundamental guiding principles.
The new 1-min videos represent 3 more @jesip999 outputs that are almost exclusively focused on the 3 x 'blue light' services How will other responder orgs be able to argue for / justify investment in training when such a powerful 'blue light' framing effectively excludes them?
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It feels more than a little ghoulish that the most popular download packs on Microsoft Flight Simulator right now are for an Air India 787 and Ahmedabad airport… is this a new post-incident phenomenon, emergency planners?
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No Senior TT, and I'm thankful for it
the-race.com
The 2025 Senior TT will not happen as the Isle of Man TT organisers face one weather challenge too far
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Emergency planners and event planners could learn a lot from the Clerk and organisers of the TT; especially on how to manage significant and changeable risks and communicate decisions effectively and sensitively.
UPDATE: Following the Course Inspection Lap and having consulted with a number of competitors, the Clerk of the Course has confirmed that, due to high and gusting winds in a different direction to those over the rest of the TT fortnight, conditions are not suitable for racing.
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Okay comms folks! The world historic news dump window is NOW OPEN.
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Essential reading for the sector! My team will be soon be reviewing our Severe Weather and Climate Emergency Plan so these are an invaluable resource to align with. Thanks @HasisD and co. 💙
'Risks posed to transport from climate-related hazards – new guidance' Read the full article here: https://t.co/ptq6nBEEcl
#EmergencyServicesTimes #EST
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Today marks another year since the London Bridge and Borough Market attack in 2017. Eight lives were tragically taken and many more were forever changed on that night. For those of us who were there - whether as first responders, witnesses, or loved ones waiting for news - the
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Hope people from across the rail industry are looking hard at circs at Liverpool Lime Street yesterday: with one eye on their own crowd management responsibilities whilst thinking about how they’d evacuate 50k people from a city centre of their choosing following a major incident
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