Emergency Management Section

Objectives

The Civil Contingencies Act places responsibilities on the County Council and subsequently the Emergency Management Section in respect of: A burnt out building with a sign saying road is 'closed'

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co-operating with statutory partner agencies (through the Local Resilience Forum), and other organisations;
sharing information with partner agencies as part of a culture of co-operation in contingency planning;
assessing risks and ensuring that the multi-agency Local Resilience Forum compiles and publishes a Community Risk Register, to ensure that local responders make contingency arrangements that reflect and are proportionate to local risks;
communicating with the public, thereby ensuring that local communities are kept informed about potential risks;
preparing contingency plans (the first time that this has been a statutory duty);
undertaking business continuity planning, so that authorities are able to continue to deliver essential functions in the event of an emergency so far as is reasonably practicable, and
promoting the need to undertake business continuity planning to local businesses and voluntary agencies.

The Emergency Management Section provides the Council’s ‘first point-of-contact’ response to emergency incidents, and to provide effective logistic support to our emergency management partner agencies when required, on a 24/7/365 basis.

Emergency Management Section

Objectives

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