Disaster Expert: The Woman Who Plans for Catastrophes

“I'm not letting people off the hook, disasters are often a source of state or agency failure, and they can be prevented.”

“Grenfell was a return to those dark days, it was a systemic failure that never should have happened.”

“Fukushima was the first time I really saw proper fear in my colleagues' eyes.”

“I am a child of the indomitable city of Liverpool, where tragedy and activism are wired into the blood.”

“Austerity really does start to bite on a service that people don't know about.”

“The world has always been perilous.”