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16 th July 2013 Quenington Village Hall. Cotswold Conversation Community Resilience Workshop. Emergencies. Thankfully major emergencies are infrequent However emergencies that impact on communities do happen Local Authorities plan and prepare for these - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
16th July 2013Quenington Village Hall
Cotswold Conversation
Community Resilience Workshop
Cotswold Conversation
Community Resilience Workshop
Emergencies
• Thankfully major emergencies are infrequent
• However emergencies that impact on communities do happen
• Local Authorities plan and prepare for these
• Communities and individuals also have an important role in being prepared and resilient
Types of Emergency
• Natural e.g. flooding, snow, heat wave
• ‘Man-made’ e.g. industrial accidents, fires
• Sudden impact e.g. gas explosion, train crash
• ‘Rising Tide’ e.g. Pandemic flu, animal disease
What emergencies have occurred in /
impacted on Gloucestershire/
Cotswolds in recent years?
What emergencies have occurred in /
impacted on Gloucestershire/
Cotswolds in recent years?
Cotswold/ Glos Emergencies • Paddington rail crash – 1999
• Foot and Mouth disease – 2001
• Flooding- 2000, 2007, 2012/13
• Chipping Campden school bus crash – 2003
• Adoversford chemical leak – 2006
• Lechlade -traffic collision & gas leak- 2009
• Cockleford – longshell bomb found -2010
• Ampney St. Mary fire – 2013
• Long Marston fire - 2013
Civil Contingencies Act 2004
• Legal framework for emergency management at a local level
• Category 1 (‘core organisations’) & Category 2 (‘cooperating bodies’) Responders
• Local Authorities are Category 1 Responder
• Various statutory duties under Act including: planning, training, business continuity
Local Resilience Forum (LRF)
Local Resilience Forum (LRF)
Emergency Services
Health Services
EA andOther agencies
Local Authorities
LRF Groups
• Risk & Planning• Training• Community Resilience• Humanitarian Assistance• Infrastructure• Media • Health • Search & Rescue• Local Authority liaison
LRF Emergency Plans• Major Incident Procedures Manual
• Multi-Agency Flood Plan
• Rest Centre Guide
• Pipeline Plans
• Animal Diseases Plan
• Pandemic Flu Plan
• Emergency Mortuary Plan
• Search and Rescue Plan
Multi-Agency Response Structure
Multi-Agency ‘Gold’
Multi-Agency ‘Gold’
Strategic Level ‘Decision Makers’
Strategic Level ‘Decision Makers’
Multi-Agency ‘Silver’
Multi-Agency ‘Silver’
Tactical Level ‘Thinkers’
Tactical Level ‘Thinkers’
Bronze at sceneBronze at scene
Operational Level ‘Doers’
Operational Level ‘Doers’
Community Resilience
Community Resilience
Initial support & ‘eyes & ears’ local
level
Initial support & ‘eyes & ears’ local
level
Local Authority Role in Emergencies
• Support the Emergency Services
• Care for those affected
• Provide Rest Centre facilities if necessary
• Support to vulnerable people
• Provide resources and equipment
• Coordinate voluntary and faith sector
• Long term recovery
• Maintain critical Local Authority services
WorksTeam
WelfareTeam
Schools Team
Co-ordinationTeam
lHelpline Teams
Accredited VolunteersAccredited Volunteers
Clergy Clergy St JohnSt John
RVSRVS Red CrossRed CrossRotary Rotary
Other Local Other Local Voluntary Voluntary GroupsGroups
HelplineTeam
Offers of Help Team
GCC Emergency Response Structure
CDC’s Emergency Response Teams
• Rest Centre Team
• Coordination Team
• Works Team
In addition there is a duty emergency pager officer on call 24/7
The Role of Communities in emergencies
• To act as coordinator as the emergency unfolds
• Communicate with emergency services and local authorities
• To support the public inc vulnerable people – e.g. provide a place of safety
• Look ahead to what might happen and plan for a response e.g. flood wardens and snow wardens
• Provide information and assist with recovery
How does this work in practice
Emergency
Pager
Community
PoS Coordination Team
Works Team
Rest Centre Team
Glos LRF
If you already have a Community Emergency
Plan what difficulties did you face
developing it and how did you overcome
them?
If you already have a Community Emergency
Plan what difficulties did you face
developing it and how did you overcome
them?
Plan Testing and Review
• Once plan produced important to test it
• Discussion scenario
• Practical test
• Review -ideally contact details 6 monthly
• Community awareness of Plan
Thank you
Any questions?