Sentence examples for contingencies unit from inspiring English sources

Priority should therefore be: end the dock strike as quickly as possible, so that the coal dispute can be played as long as possible," advised Peter Gregson, head of the Cabinet Office civil contingencies unit.

Last week the Whitehall civil contingencies unit held a two-day emergency meeting, not preparing for war or plague but for the calamity we are deliberately inflicting on ourselves, with no upside.

Brigadier Tony Budd, secretary of the civil contingencies unit in the Cabinet Office, took exception, pointing out that this had not been the case when the army was used for "firefighting, providing an emergency ambulance service, refuse collection and even providing emergency car parking in London", despite some union "huffing and puffing".

It turned out the civil contingencies unit was away in the countryside at a bonding event, the switchboard that had been installed in Downing Street the previous weekend had collapsed, and the tunnel between Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence was locked and no one had a clue where the key was kept.

The civil contingencies unit in the Cabinet Office is a few doors down from the joint intelligence committee, which together with the government chief scientific adviser pulls things together, contributing to the national risk register for civil emergencies – a narrower version of the secret overall risk assessment for the UK.

The moment of victory was the perfect chance for the Army's leaders to fix the "speed bump" problem of its contingency units, and to redesign the force for a new array of adversaries.

Kathryn Oldham, who heads up Greater Manchester's Civil Contingencies and Resilience Unit, cited the choice of land for building new properties and the enforcement of effective building codes as examples.

Presented in this paper is a responsive-reserve scheduling algorithm incorporating constraints imposed by grid security considerations, which include one base case (intact system) and a list of credible contingencies (line out, unit lost, and load growth) of the system.

Demonstrating its rapid deployability and ability to support V Corps and United States Army Europe contingency operations, every unit within the 18th Military Police Brigade deployed to the Balkans in 1999.

Following the end of the Cold War, III Corps headquarters itself saw no major contingencies, however it saw numerous units under its command deploy to contingencies around the world.

Olson urged the IRS to face up to the fact that last-minute tax changes and natural disasters have become the norm and request funding from Congress to staff a special phone unit to handle the contingencies.