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Peter Power is a British crisis management specialist and has advised many organisations in his area of speciality.

Personal history

Peter Power was born in the UK in 1951. He served in the 10 Battalion Parachute Regiment Territorial Army 1969 - 1971 before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1971. His service in that force included the Special Patrol Group and attachments to the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch and other front line units. In 1990 he transferred on promotion to Dorset. He retired from Dorset in 1993. In 1995 Power set up his own company in central London, Visor Consultants.

Achievements

He received several commendations for leadership etc. and in 1985 became the primary author of the Gold Silver Bronze command structure and also designed several mnemonics for dealing with terrorist bombs during the Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign. He is quoted in the UK government guide on Integrated Emergency Management and he is the author of many other advice guidebooks including the original UK government (Department of Trade and Industry) booklet ‘Preventing Chaos in a Crisis'.

7th July 2005 London Bombings

One the day of the 7 July 2005 London bombings he gave interviews on BBC Radio 5 Live[1] and ITV[2] where he said that his company had exercised "simultaneous bombs going off precisely at the railway stations where it happened this morning, so I still have the hairs on the back of my neck standing upright"[3]. He indicated that he had been conducting the exercises designed to understand the switch from slow to quick time thinking in scenarios involving multiple bombs at railway and underground stations. He subsequently stated "Our scenario was very similar, but it wasn't totally identical,' 'It was based on bombs going off - the time, the locations, all this sort of stuff. But it wasn't an accident, in the sense that London has a history of bombs." Subsequent journalist comment stated "the likelihood that one such simulation should fall on the day of an actual disaster is relatively high." [4]

Current roles

Power is a Special Advisor to a number of key organisations including the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness and the Business Continuity Institute London Forum. He is in addition, a Special Advisor to the editorial board of Continuity Professional Magazine in the USA and is listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. He is a Fellow of numerous industry associations and member of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London.

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUQiYOGjU
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvkhe3rqtc
  3. ^ Jose M. Paulino "The Fraud of the Fraud: Have You Been Taken for A Ride?"
  4. ^ http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/coincidence%20of%20bomb%20exercises/109010
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