Transcript Social Services Arrangements

Emergency Planning &
The Civil Contingencies Act,
2004
Nick Willasey
Emergency Planning Officer
Liverpool City Council
IOSH Merseyside Branch
1st March 2005
Government Arrangements
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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 Fire
MV Braer
Manchester IRA Bomb
Chernobyl
Canary Wharf
River Thames - Marchioness
Herald of Free Enterprise
Clapham Rail Crash
Sea Empress Oil Spill
Lockerbie
Schipol Air Crash
Selby Rail Crash
Towyn Floods
Piper Alpha
Dunblane
Winter Storms 1987/1997
Grand National 1997
Paddington & 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, 2004
Part 1
Local arrangements for civil protection
Part 2
Emergency 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 RESPONDERS
Fire & Rescue Service
Police
Local Authorities
Ambulance Trusts
Hospital Trusts (A+E)
NHS Foundation Trusts
Primary Care Trusts
Health Protection Agency
Port Health Authorities
Environment Agency
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Civil Contingencies Act, 2004
• CATEGORY 2 RESPONDERS
Electricity Utilities
Gas Utilities
Water and Sewerage Utilities
Telephone providers
Network Rail
Train Operating Companies
Airport Authorities
Harbour and Port Authorities
Highways Agency
HSE
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
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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
NATIONAL
EMERGENCY
WITHOUT NOTICE
Police
Environment
Agency Flood
Warnings
Fire Service
Adjoining Local
Authorities
NHS
Liverpool City
Council
Met Office
Warnings
Coastguard
Central
Government
Departments
Emergency
Planning 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
Emergency Planning Liaison Flowchart
Central Government
HM Government Civil
Contingencies Secretariat
COBRA
Government Office North West
Regional Resilience Team
Regional Resilience
Forum
Regional Resilience
Regional Civil Contingencies Committee
Local Resilience
GOLD Command
KEY:
Operational
Response
L.A.’s / Blue Light Services
PLANS
Local Resilience Forum
Business Working Group
Day to Day
Liaison
LA Crisis Management
Sub Groups
Plans