oz93666 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 We can imagine all UK local councils have preparations for this , It's just that Bristol was asked a specific question about this , and under the freedom of information act they were legal bound to respond .... Article from Guardian ... When zombies attack! Bristol city council ready for undead invasion This article is more than 9 years old Local authority reveals 'top secret' plan outlining self-defence strategies should zombies invade The undead hit the streets for the Zombie Walk in Warsaw, Poland. Bristol city council has outlined emergency plans for a local attack. Photograph: Jacek Turczyk/EPA Steven Morris @stevenmorris20 Thu 7 Jul 2011 12.47 BST Local authorities routinely have detailed emergency plans for natural disasters such as floods and man-made atrocities including terrorist attacks. But according to a "top secret" plan revealed after a freedom of information request, Bristol city council appears well prepared for a zombie attack. A Mr P Store contacted the council wondering what plans have been laid down in case the undead invade. Rather than ignoring the request or dismissing it, an officer wrote back setting out the best ways to tackle zombies and highlighting areas of the city considered high-risk areas. Peter Holt, service director of communication and marketing, wrote back to Store: "In response to your request for details of Bristol city council's contingency plans for dealing with zombies, I can now release to you the following strategy document. "Please note that this document contains various redactions as it has been considered that some information contained therein must be redacted for the purpose of safeguarding national security." Marked top secret, the document, which has been published on the whatdotheyknow.com site, sets out four alert states: • Ambient zombie level – business as usual, but be on the lookout for telltale signs. • Enhanced activity level – confirmed zombie attacks on the populous. • Major outbreak – zombie infection level in excess of 1%, multiple sightings across the city. • Zombie pandemic level – concentrated outbreak, with infection levels over 30%. The report suggests certain parts of the city – Whitchurch Park, Shirehampton, and Totterdown – are particularly at risk....... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jul/07/when-zombies-attack-bristol-city-council-undead-invasion the military is also preparing .... put "US military zombie" in search and you'll get dozens of training exercises CONPLAN 8888 also known as Counter-Zombie Dominance is a U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Command CONOP document that describes a plan for defending against zombies. The April 30, 2011 document depicts .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctua Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 'Ambient zombie level' FOIs are great, though. It's like opening a can of (heavily redacted) worms sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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