4. Legislation
Civil Defence Act 1948
Health & Safety at Work Act
Seveso II Directive
Civil Contingencies Act 2004
5. Regulations
Control of Major Accident Hazards
Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996
(PSR)
Radiation (Emergency Preparedness
and Public Information) Regulations
(REPPIR)
Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Regulations 2005 (CCA)
6. Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Local Authority - Cat One Responder
Seven Civil Protection Duties:
1. Cooperation
2. Information Sharing
3. Risk Assessment
4. Emergency Planning
5. Business Continuity Management
6. Warning & Informing
7. BCM Promotion
7. 1: Cooperation
Cat 1 & 2 responders must cooperate
within Local Resilience Area
Formation of Local Resilience Forum
Right to attend vs. right to invite
LRF subgroups
Seven Local Authorities in South
Wales LRF
8. 2: Information Sharing
Cat 1 & 2 responders must share info
Underpins duty to cooperate
Requires controlled release of
information
Classification of information
Freedom of Information Act
Data Protection Acts
9. 3: Risk Assessment
Cat 1 responders must make
emergency plans that are
proportionate to risks
Community Risk Register
Challenge of ‘localising’ risk
information: ‘top-down’ vs. ‘bottom-up’
10. 4: Emergency Planning
‘Heart of Civil Protection’
Defines requirements of plans
Regard to risk assessments
Generic vs. Specific
Multi-agency planning
Involvement of Cat 2 and voluntary
agencies in planning process
11. 5: Business Continuity
Management
Cat 1 responders must have BCM
plans in place to ensure adequate
emergency response
Good practice for all organisations
12. 6: Warning & Informing
AKA ‘Communicating with the public’
Well informed = better prepared!
Alerted vs. Alarmed
Actually two distinct duties
Media – e.g. BBC Connecting in a
Crisis
13. 7: BCM Promotion
Local Authority only
Must promote BCM principles to local
businesses and voluntary
organisations
Best practice?
14. Emergency Response Role
Crucial to the emergency response
Functions often required in
emergency situations
Temporary mortuaries
Responder welfare
Community welfare
Response Recovery
15. How do we do it?
Civil Protection Unit
3 x Civil Protection Officers
On-Call 24/7/365
Help coordinate emergency response
Liaise with emergency responders
Lessons learnt?
Plan review schedule