Region ‘still ill-prepared for any serious emergency’ - Liverpool Daily Post 31st October 2008

THE region is still not properly prepared for a major catastrophe, despite a £330m nationwide programme to transform fire services, a watchdog warned today. The New Dimensions programme – to cope with threats ranging from terror attacks to floods – has failed to provide adequate planning for “regional and national-scale incidents”, the National Audit Office (NAO) concluded.

Link to Article