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Jennifer Cole
Position: Senior Research Fellow, Resilience & Emergency Management
Jennifer Cole is Head of Emergency Management at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), working within the National Security and Resilience Department. Since joining RUSI in January 2007, Jennifer's research interests have focused on the UK's emergency preparedness and response capabilities, particularly in regard to surge capacity and multiagency working during major emergencies.
Jennifer is the project head for RUSI's annual workshops on Command and Control and Emergency Response, and for the Duke of Gloucester Lecture Series on Flood Risk and the Built Environment.
Particular interests and areas of expertise include flood response, CBRN(E), cyber security, resilient communications and the role of the media in emergencies. She has appeared as a national security expert on Sky News, Channel 4 and BFBS Television and has written for external publications including The Guardian, MoD Contracts Bulletin, Fire Times, the BAPCO Journal and Contingency Today. She has presented at conferences across the UK and in Israel on topics ranging from interoperability to UK Medical Responses to Terrorism.
Jennifer represents RUSI on the Inter Institutional Flood Risk Management Group, which raises awareness of the impact of flooding on the built environment, and the Enterprise Privacy Group, which advises Government on identity and privacy issues. She has operational experience in responding to the 7 July 2005 bombings on the London transport system, and is a trained first aid instructor with both civilian and military qualifications.
RUSI articles and analysis by this author
Workshop Report: Pharmaceutical Resilience
21 May 2013Proceedings of the Workshop on Pharmaceutical Resilience for Serious Infectious Disease, 5 February 2013
Boston Marathon: 'Keep Calm and Carry on Running'
16 Apr 2013The authorities in the United States are rightly cautious in ascribing blame to yesterday's incident in Boston. The explosions - killing three and injuring over 140 - highlight the importance of securing public events without being governed by fear.
BACKGROUND: The Danger of Antobiotics Resistance
11 Mar 2013In her second annual report, the UK's Chief Medical officer has warned that the danger posed by growing resistance to antibiotics should be ranked along with terrorism on a list of threats to the nation.
Adapting to Flood Risk in the Twenty-First Century
11 Mar 2013The frequency, severity and duration of flood events is increasing. With five million properties in the UK and 58 per cent of agricultural land at risk, do we need to look more radically at how we adapt for the future?
Weapons of Minor Destruction: Minimising the Threat
4 Sep 2012What can be done to address the growing threat posed by easily available ‘dual-use’ materials in developing regions of the world?
Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare resilience: a game changer for the 21st century?
23 Aug 2012The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms is a concern for more than just the medical industry. It is forcing governments into greater collaboration, influencing immigration policy in the UK and is changing the way we think about domestic resilience.
Blue Light Air Assets: Cost-effective Operations for the Future
29 Nov 2011An analysis of the practicalities of pooling helicopters across police, search and rescue, as well as air ambulances to create a financially, and operationally, more efficient and effective national air service
CONTEST 3: The importance of interoperability
15 Jul 2011The government's latest counter-terrorism strategy once again places an importance on the interoperability of the police and other agencies to respond to emergencies such as terrorist attacks. Yet, without placing a proper framework, and with constrained finances, it will be difficulty to see how interoperability will be achieved.
Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack: What the Coroner’s Inquests Revealed about the London Bombings
20 Apr 2011In this Paper, RUSI analysts consider the implications of the hearings of the Coroner's Inquests into the July 7 Bombings: from their likely effect on the use of intelligence in judicial proceedings to what they revealed about the organisation and behaviour of the suicide bombers.
RUSI and Serco publish White Paper
12 Dec 2010RUSI is pleased to announce the publication of this White Paper, which presents 'the case for a capability and consequence-based approach to resilience and emergency planning.'
Controlling cyberspace: the real issue at the heart of UAE vs RIM
6 Aug 2010As a number of Middle Eastern countries move to suspend BlackBerry services questions arise as to whether their concerns are really over security or more about an attempt to exert control in a cyber domain that does not adhere to national borders.
Emergency service interoperability in jeopardy due to lack of standardised operational procedures
6 Jul 2010Coordinated emergency responses within and between the fire, ambulance and police service is hampered by the lack of standardised operational procedures, rather than technology according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Securing our Future: Resilience in the Twenty-First Century
30 Apr 2010The new security environment goes beyond terrorism, requiring a modern conception and application of resilience. Jennifer Cole explores the UK's preparedness for civil emergencies
Communications Interoperability in a Crisis 2: Human Factors and Organisational Processes
15 Jan 2010This interim research investigates attitudes towards joint working between the emergency services and the other organisations and agencies involved in the response to major emergencies.
Comment
13 Aug 2009The outbreak of swine flu forces us to reflect upon the way the UK deals with pandemic threats. Analysing the challenges faced in recent months, governments must learn from this experience to strengthen emergency preparedness.
Time to reflect: what we are learning from pandemic flu
20 Jul 2009With numbers of cases of swine flu expected to reach into the thousands in the coming months, the UK Government will be tested on their preparedness and implementation of planning for this eventuality.
The best laid plans: assessing the impact of pandemic flu
7 Jul 2009The Department of Health has now moved into the treatment stage of its pandemic flu response. What does this mean for the UK and what lessons have been identified during the containment phase?
Facing the flu pandemic
12 Jun 2009Swine flu is now officially a global pandemic. Over the next few months, the plans and procedures the UK has developed to deal with this contingency will be put to the test.
Pandemic Flu: Here at Last?
27 Apr 2009As swine flu spreads towards the UK, health services and emergency planners around the country will be waiting to see if this becomes the global influenza pandemic the world has feared.
The Pitt Review: The Government Responds
18 Dec 2008
This summer's Pitt Review, and the Government's response, should ensure that the Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme is based on bitter experience and not just the best considered planning assumptions.
This summer's Pitt Review, and the Government's response, should ensure that the Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme is based on bitter experience and not just the best considered planning assumptions.
Hurricane Gustav - Testing the Lessons Learned from Katrina
3 Sep 2008
The mass evacuation of New Orleans in days preceding Hurricane Gustav tested the lessons learned after Katrina. However, the response to Gustav should, in time, be incorporated into the corporate memory of emergency responders everywhere.
The mass evacuation of New Orleans in days preceding Hurricane Gustav tested the lessons learned after Katrina. However, the response to Gustav should, in time, be incorporated into the corporate memory of emergency responders everywhere.
Learning lessons from the 2007 floods: the final recommendations of the Pitt Review
17 Jul 2008After ten months, an interim report, and additional flood reviews from government and the insurance industry, the Pitt Review has reached its final conclusions.
TE-SAT 2008: Trends in European terrorism
10 Jul 2008Jennifer Cole analyses the information from the 2008 European Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) and its importance to UK security and resilience.
When security begins far from home…
19 Mar 2008
The National Security Strategy is the first step in opening a dialogue between the UK Government, its international security partners and the public. It forms a framework into which all subsequent strategy and policy must fit.
The National Security Strategy is the first step in opening a dialogue between the UK Government, its international security partners and the public. It forms a framework into which all subsequent strategy and policy must fit.
Securing the UK Borders
16 Nov 2007
The speech made by Gordon Brown on 14 November, in advance of the National Security Strategy which will be published in the next few weeks, sets out a strategy for preventing future terrorist attacks on the UK. Much of the new content of Brown’s speech pertained to Lord West’s review of physical security measures within the UK. These included the introduction of barriers to keep potential vehicle borne bombs away from key areas and designing bomb-resistant features into new buildings.
The speech made by Gordon Brown on 14 November, in advance of the National Security Strategy which will be published in the next few weeks, sets out a strategy for preventing future terrorist attacks on the UK. Much of the new content of Brown’s speech pertained to Lord West’s review of physical security measures within the UK. These included the introduction of barriers to keep potential vehicle borne bombs away from key areas and designing bomb-resistant features into new buildings.
The need for a UK Civil Defence Force?
30 Jul 2007
Situation Critical?
4 Jul 2007
As of Wednesday, 4 July, the current threat level in the UK remains at Critical, having been raised to this, the highest of five possible levels, on Saturday 30 June following failed car bomb attacks on Central London and Glasgow Airport.
As of Wednesday, 4 July, the current threat level in the UK remains at Critical, having been raised to this, the highest of five possible levels, on Saturday 30 June following failed car bomb attacks on Central London and Glasgow Airport.
Keeping A Clear Head As Bird Flu Hits Wales
25 May 2007Open reporting combined with clear and honest information is the best defence against potential media scare-mongering and public panic.
Operation Crevice Trial Ends
2 May 2007It is easy to point fingers at the security services and ask how they missed Khan and Tanweer. It is less simple to determine how on earth the security services could have joined the dots without the benefit of hindsight.
Testing the UK's response to a global flu outbreak
19 Mar 2007The recent outbreak of H5N1 at a poultry farm in Suffolk has highlighted the need for UK agencies to be prepared for a worldwide flu pandemic. Jennifer Cole talks to Ben Sheppard about the lessons learned from a major simulation exercise that took place in mid-2006.
Changing the face of counter-terrorism
1 Mar 2007
Nick Clegg's proposals to improve the UK criminal justice system's approach to tackling terrorism.
Nick Clegg's proposals to improve the UK criminal justice system's approach to tackling terrorism.
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