Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council

Emergency Plan February 2007
Helplines
Humanitarian
Assistance Centre
HSE
Impact
Incident control
point
Inner cordon
Integrated
emergency
management
(IEM)
Joint working
LA
LANMIC
Lead government
department (LGD)
Lead organisation
Lead responder
LEC
LGA
Local Resilience
Forum
Local responder
LRF
Major incident
MCA
Media centre
Media Liaison
Officer
Media Liaison
Point
Media plan
A service for the public and media to provide/receive information and assistance
during an emergency.
A centre which acts as a singular focus (“one stop shop”) for survivors, relatives and
all those impacted by the disaster, through which they can access support, care and
advice.
Health and Safety Executive
The scale of the consequences of a hazard or threat expressed in terms of a
reduction in human welfare, damage to the environment and loss of security.
The point from which an emergency service’s tactical manager can control his/her
service’s response to a land-based incident. Together, the incident control points of
all the services form the focal point for co-ordinating all activities on site. Also
referred to as ‘Silver control’.
Surrounds and protects the immediate scene of an incident.
The process of emergency management carried out across partner bodies so that
arrangements are coherent and support each other.
A single programme being delivered jointly by a number of organisations.
Local Authority
Lancashire Major Incident Co-ordinating Group is the name given to the Local
Resilience Forum in Lancashire.
Government department which, in the event of an emergency, co-ordinates central
government activity.
Organisation appointed by a group of organisations to speak or act on their behalf or
to take the lead in a given situation, with the other organisations’ support. The exact
role of the lead organisation depends on the circumstances in which the lead role is
being operated.
A local responder charged with carrying out a duty under the Act on behalf of a
number of responder organisations, so as to co-ordinate its delivery and to avoid
unnecessary duplication.
Local (Lancashire) Emergency Centre
Local Government Association
A process for bringing together all the Category 1 and 2 responders within a local
police area for the purpose of facilitating co-operation in fulfilment of their duties
under the Act. Within Lancashire the LRF is referred to as the Lancashire Major
Incident Co-ordinating (LANMIC) Group.
Organisations which respond to emergencies at the local level – including Category 1
and 2 bodies, and others without statutory obligations under the Act.
Local Resilience Forum (See also LANMIC)
See Emergency
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Central location for media enquiries, providing communication, conference,
monitoring, interview and briefing facilities and access to responding organisation
personnel. Staffed by spokespersons from all the principal services/organisations
responding.
Representative who has responsibility for liaising with the media on behalf of his/her
organisation.
An area adjacent to the scene which is designated for the reception and
accreditation of media personnel for briefing on arrangements for reporting, filming
and photographing, staffed by media liaison officers from appropriate services.
A key plan for ensuring co-operation between emergency responders and the media
in communicating with the public during and after an emergency.
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