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Emergency Planning & The Civil Contingencies
Act, 2004
Nick WillaseyEmergency Planning Officer
Liverpool City Council
IOSH Merseyside Branch1st March 2005
Government Arrangements
• Cabinet Office• Civil Contingencies Secretariat• Specific Civil Defence Grant• Civil Defence Act, 1948• Civil Defence (General Local
Authority Functions) Regulations, 1993
• Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
Kings Cross Underground FireMV BraerManchester IRA Bomb
ChernobylCanary WharfRiver Thames - MarchionessHerald of Free Enterprise
Clapham Rail CrashSea Empress Oil SpillLockerbie
Schipol Air CrashSelby Rail CrashTowyn FloodsPiper Alpha DunblaneWinter Storms 1987/1997Grand National 1997Paddington & Hatfield Rail Crashes The 4 ‘F words …’
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• Introduced as a Bill on 7th January 2004
• Royal Assent - 18th November 2004• Regulations & Guidance - March
2005• Implementation - May 2005• CPA starts - October 2005
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004Part 1
Local arrangements for civil protection
Part 2Emergency Powers Legislation
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
A new definition of ‘emergency’ which must:
• threaten serious damage to human welfare
• threaten serious damage to the environment
• war or terrorism which threatens serious damage to security
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• For humans, an event or situation must involve only:– loss of human life– human illness or injury– homelessness– damage to property– disruption of a supply of money, food,
water, energy or fuel– disruption of a system of communication– disruption of facilities for transport– disruption of services relating to health
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• For the environment, an event or situation must involve only:
– contamination of land, water or air with biological, chemical or radio-active matter, or
– disruption or destruction of plant life or animal life
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• CATEGORY 1 RESPONDERSFire & Rescue ServicePoliceLocal AuthoritiesAmbulance TrustsHospital Trusts (A+E)NHS Foundation TrustsPrimary Care TrustsHealth Protection AgencyPort Health AuthoritiesEnvironment AgencyMaritime & Coastguard Agency
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• CATEGORY 2 RESPONDERSElectricity UtilitiesGas UtilitiesWater and Sewerage UtilitiesTelephone providersNetwork RailTrain Operating CompaniesAirport AuthoritiesHarbour and Port AuthoritiesHighways AgencyHSE
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• Category 1 Responders will have new statutory duties and powers to jointly or individually:– Risk Assessment - ‘Community Risk
Register’– Emergency Planning– Informing & warning– Business Continuity Planning– Co-operation & Information sharing
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• Category 2 Responders will have lesser duties:– Co-operation & Information sharing
between themselves and with Category 1 Responders
The Civil Contingencies Act will require Category 1 Responders to prevent, warn of, mitigate effects of and recover from:
• Major transport accidents• Abnormal weather conditions -
storms, flooding• Chemical incidents - toxic plumes• Disruption of essential services -
Fires, Accidents, Fuel Shortages• Hazardous substances washed
ashore - incl. oil
• Aircraft crashes• Radiation incidents• Major sporting events - evacuations• Dangerous structures• Acts of terrorism• Health risks - infectious diseases,
pandemics
Types of emergency
LOCAL EMERGENCY WITH NOTICE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH
NOTICE
LOCAL EMERGECNY WITHOUT NOTICE
NATIONALEMERGENCY
WITHOUT NOTICE
Liverpool CityCouncil
Police
Fire Service
NHS
EnvironmentAgency Flood
Warnings
Adjoining LocalAuthorities
Coastguard
CentralGovernmentDepartments
Met OfficeWarnings
EmergencyPlanning Unit
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• Part 2 - Emergency Powers– Infrequent use– Regional emergencies catered for– ‘Losing’ the Sovereign– ‘Triple lock’ assurance
• threat to human welfare, environment or security• existing legislation insufficient or not quickly
available• proposed emergency powers must be
proportionate
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• Part 2 - Emergency Powers– In addition, emergency regulations
cannot:• prohibit strikes or industrial action• instigate military conscription• alter any aspect of criminal proceedings• be used to create new offences• must be ‘EU proof’• are open to challenge in the courts
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• North West Regional Planning– GONW Regional Resilience Team
(RRT)– GONW Regional Resilience Forum
(RRF)– 5x Local Resilience Forums (LRFs)– County based LRF Sub groups
HM Government Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Emergency Planning Liaison Flowchart
KEY:
Operational Response
Day to Day Liaison
Regional Resilience
Central Government
Local Resilience
Regional Resilience Forum
Government Office North West Regional Resilience Team
Business Working Group
Local Resilience Forum
LA Crisis Management
PLANS
Regional Civil Contingencies Committee
COBRA
Sub Groups
L.A.’s / Blue Light Services
Plans
GOLD Command
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