8 May 2008
The Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of our new President, Major General Tim Cross OBE. At the recent AGM, Institute Chair Jeff Little welcomed Tim Cross and paid tribute to outgoing President Sir Neil Thorne. Gary Silver has been appointed to Vice Chair, as well as taking over the editorship of ALERT. David Buckenham is the new Registrar.
24 April 2008
Patrick Mercer MP will be introducing the ICDDS conference on 5 June.
22 April 2008
The speech by Jeff Little, Chairman of ICDDS, at the 2008 AGM, can be found here.
22 April 2008
As part of the commemoration of its 70th anniversary, the Institute is holding a conference in London on 5 June 2008. See right hand column.
8 April 2008
Robin Woolven FICDDS, ICDDS Treasurer, presented at the RUSI 'Emergency Response and Civil Defence' Workshop on 11 December 2007, along with other noteable speakers, particularly Bruce Mann, Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, and Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister. The Institute was also represented by John Lawal and Chris Lewis. The workshop report is available by clicking here. (pdf 456kb)
7 April 2008
The UK's first Animal Rescue Conference takes place in June 2008. Go to our Events page for details.
14 February 2008
The Fire Service College Annual Conference - Call for Papers - go to Events page.
4 February 2008
The ICDDS AGM 2008 will be held at the Met Police Central Communications Command (CCC) centre. Click here for details.
15 January 2008
Details of the IDER 2008 Conference are now available. See our Events page or go to the IDER website.
17 December 2007
Three new events on our events page.
28/29 November 2007
The ICDDS had a stand at the Emergency Services Show 2007 at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry.
26 November 2007
ICDDS's Hon. Public Relations Officer, Lucy Payne, to speak at the Disaster Workshop at University of Hertfordhsire on 4 March, 2008. Click here for details.
23 October 2007
Sally Leivesley FICDDS to speak at ISNR Conference. Details on the Events page.
23 October 2007
ICDDS well represented at IDER 2007. Details on the News page.
18 August 2007
ICDDS Chairman Jeff Little talks to EMP Radio about security, resilience and the role of the ICDDS. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
5 August 2007
ICDDS's Hon. Public Relations Officer, Lucy Payne, took part in a BBC Five Live report talking about the impact of flooding. Click here to listen to a clip on the EMP Radio podcast.
1 August 2007
The ICDDS has a new Chairman - Jeff Little - who takes over from Tony Moore.
17 June 2007
Lord Renton died on 24 May 2007. He was Patron in Chief of the ICDDS. Read an obituary here, written by Eric Alley.
8 June 2007
The ICDDS has created the Major Emergencies Media Gallery for free non-commercial use.