Emergency Management
Strategic Risk
Audit Committee – 26 September 2013
Ian Collins
Resilience Manager
Isle of Wight Council
Aim and Objectives
Aim
• To provide an overview of the Authority’s emergency
management function
Objectives
• Outline relevant legislation and duties
• Explain what constitutes an emergency or major incident
• Discuss risk – National, Island and Council Strategic
• Describe the Isle of Wight Council’s emergency response arrangements
Civil Contingencies Act (2004)
•The response to large scale emergencies
•Civil Defence Act 1948
•Emergency Powers Act 1920
•Responding agencies activating their own plans
•Identified the need for integrated emergency
management at all levels of command and coordination
National Emergencies
National Emergencies
National Emergencies
National Emergencies
National Emergencies
Civil Contingencies Act (2004) - Definition of an
Emergency
• An event or situation which threatens serious damage to
human welfare in a place in the UK, Only if it involves,
causes, or may cause large scale:
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Loss of human life
Human illness or injury
Homelessness
Damage to property
Disruption of a supply of money, food, water, fuel or energy
Disruption of a system of communication
Disruption of facilities for transport
Disruption of services relating to health
Civil Contingencies Act (2004) - Definition of an
Emergency
• An event or situation which threatens serious damage to
the environment of a place in the UK. Only if it
involves, causes, or may cause large scale:
• Contamination of land, water or air with biological,
chemical or radioactive matter
• Disruption or destruction of plant or animal life
• War or terrorism, which threatens serious damage to the
security of the UK
Civil Contingencies Act (2004)
• Legislative framework for emergency planning
arrangements at the local level
• Places responding agencies and organisations into 2
categories
• Sets out statutory duties for responders
• Establishes Local Resilience Forums
Responders – Category 1
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Police
Fire and Rescue
Ambulance
Maritime Coastguard Agency
Environment Agency
NHS bodies
Local Authorities
Responders – Category 2
Utilities
• Electricity and gas distributors
• Water and sewerage undertakers
• Telephone service providers (fixed and mobile)
Transport
• Ferry Companies
• Network Rail, Train Operating Companies
• Airport operators, Harbour authorities
• Highways Agency
• Health and Safety Executive
Responders Duties
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Category 1
Co-operate with other Category 1 and 2 Responders
Sharing Information with other Category 1 and 2 Responders
Risk Assessment
Emergency Planning
Business Continuity Management
Warning and Informing the Public
Advise and assist business & voluntary organisations on Business
Continuity (Local Authority only)
• Category 2
• Co-operate with other Category 1 and 2 responders
• Share information with other Category 1 and 2 responders
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum
• Executive Group
• Delivery Group
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Risk Assessment
Emergency Plans
Training & Exercising
Category 2 Responders
Voluntary Sector
Flood & Environment
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Health
Telecoms
Warning & Informing
Specialist Response
Community Resilience
Island Resilience Forum
National Risk Register
Pandemic Human
Disease
Relative Impact
Attacks on
Infrastructure
Coastal Flooding
Major Industrial
Accidents
Major Transport
Accidents
Cyber Attacks:
Infrastructure
Non – Pandemic
Human Disease
Attacks on
Crowded Places
Non – conventional
Attacks
Attacks on
Transport
Inland
Flooding
Severe Weather
Animal Disease
Relative Likelihood
Cyber Attacks:
Data
Confidentiality
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Hants and IOW Community Risk Register
Pandemic
Flooding
Snow/Adverse
Weather
Industrial
Accident / Toxic
NB Does not include
Threat information
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Risk - Isle of Wight
• 1 lower tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident
Hazard) site
• Large events during summer
• One receiving hospital
• Maritime / coastal issues – protective designations
• Rural communities
• Elderly population
• Timescale for receiving mutual aid
Isle of Wight Council Strategic Risk
• SR0040 – Ineffective Response to Major Emergency
Consequences
• Death or serious injury to public
• Excessive cost
• Ongoing disruption
• Impact on routine council services
• Damage to Island image
• Damage to council reputation
• Damage to Island economy
• Damage to the Island’s environment/infrastructure/communications
Isle of Wight Council Emergency Management Team
• Team of three
• Reporting to the Chief Fire Officer
• Located in County Hall
Plans
• Island Resilience Forum Multi-Agency Emergency Response Plan
• Isle of Wight Council Emergency Response
• Multi-agency Flood
• Animal Disease
• Shoreline response
• Major Accident Hazard Pipeline
• Large events
• Fuel
• Rest centre / humanitarian assistance
• Mass fatalities / temporary mortuary
• Recovery
Isle of Wight Council Emergency Response Framework
Plan review,
training & exercising
Island Multi Agency
Partners
Debrief
Comms, Call Centre,
Social Care, Island Roads,
Voluntary Sector, Cat 2s
Duty Officer
24 / 7
Responses could include:
• Set up Emergency Control Centre
• Initiate relevant council service area responses
• Open rest centres (transport, staffing)
• Identification and prioritisation of vulnerable people
• Liaison with other responders
Response Plans:
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Local Authority
Island Resilience Forum
Local Resilience Forum
Duty Director
Duty Senior Manager
Response - National
Civil Contingencies
Committee - COBRA
Regional Emergencies Division South
Multi Agency Strategic Co-ordination
Multi Agency Strategic Co-ordination
Multi Agency Tactical Co-ordination
Police / Fire / NHS /
Ambulance / Local Authority
IoW
Responses- Isle of Wight
Responses- Isle of Wight
Responses- Isle of Wight
Outstanding actions on Strategic Risk
• Review/Continual improvement of all plans
• National Contingency Plan for Oil and
Chemical Pollution
• Improvement of Council Business
Continuity Plans
Questions?
• For further information contactemergency.management@iow.gov.uk
www.iwight.com