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A Crisis Plan for the Faroes

Police, councils and rescue crews can all be called into the same emergency. A proposal in the Faroe Islands asks who should take charge.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 10

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An emergency in the Faroe Islands can draw in the police, the health service and local councils. It can also involve the public works agency Landsverk and Vørn, which includes the islands’ maritime rescue coordination center. Each has its own responsibilities. The motion asks how those responsibilities fit together when s…

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