When compared to other countries , the UK is not particularly prone to disasters , but in the aftermath of the Y2K bug scare , the fuel protests of 2000 , flooding in autumn 2000 , and the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001 the UK government felt that the existing emergency management policies and structures were inadequate to deal with natural or man-made disasters , and formed the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in July 2001 , located in the Cabinet Office . Soon after the 9/11 attacks the remit of the CCS was expanded to include mitigating the consequences of a large scale terrorist attack
9/11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Civil Contingencies Secretariat