Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council

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6.1 Fylde Borough Council Roles and Responsibilities The Council’s primary roles and responsibilities are to Emergency Plan February 2007 • provide support for the emergency services; • provide support and care for the local and wider community; • maintain its essential services; • co-ordinate the response by organisations other than the emergency services; • take a leading role in facilitating the physical and psychological reconstruction and rehabilitation of the local community and environment; • provide mutual aid to other local authorities in Lancashire. Detailed responsibilities include: • activating the cascade callout; • alerting other local authorities and organisations that may be affected or be able to help; • alerting the Director of Public Health if the incident poses a threat to public health; • assessing local authority involvement; • co-ordinating the local authority response if the Lead Local Authority; • sending an Incident Liaison Officer to the scene of an incident ; • sending the Deputy Chief Executive or his representative to join the Strategic Co-ordinating Group if the Lead Local Authority or if required; • activating and staffing the Borough’s Emergency Control Centre if required in support of the management of an incident; • convening the Emergency Management Team; • establishing liaison with other emergency centres as necessary; • collecting, collating and disseminating information to other responding organisations; • administering emergency accommodation and longer term accommodation for those made homeless; by establishing rest centres; • providing a public information service in liaison with the lead emergency service and other responding agencies, • determining the risks to the local population and the environment and taking appropriate action to minimise the effects of any incident on people and the environment, • ensuring that the public is kept adequately informed of the precautions necessary to minimise health risks, • ensuring the safety of food and water supplies, • contacting Council owned/controlled establishments in the hazard area, • assessing any damage to buildings and to the local environment including its contamination and to ensuring that the public is not exposed to any associated risks, • making the necessary recovery arrangements for and ensuring a clean up of all areas affected by the incident; • establishing a media centre if required; • requesting military assistance in conjunction with the police, if appropriate. 6.2 The Emergency Management Team The Emergency Management Team (EMT) will provide the strategic direction and leadership for the Borough Council’s response to a major incident. Alongside co-ordinating the overall Borough response, the EMT will also ensure that the council continues to meet its statutory responsibilities during an emergency by maintaining normal delivery of services wherever possible. The key tasks of this group are to: Section 6 24 Uncontrolled if Printed Rev.0
Emergency Plan February 2007 • meet regularly to ensure a co-coordinated response to the emergency; • identify major and potential problems arising from the emergency; • decide priorities for action; • monitor progress of the Council’s overall response; • prepare progress reports and assess probable future requirements; and • agree media and public information strategy. 6.3 Responsibilities of Individual Council Officers The officers shown below will be responsible for making the following arrangements and the provision of services as indicated. 6.3.1 Chief Executive Declare a ‘Major Emergency’ Assume overall control of the Council’s control and co-ordination response to the emergency Determine strategy e.g. range of response Ensure the provision of Council or other resource Provide, as necessary, information about the emergency to Members Establish & chair the Emergency Management Team Liaise with the Council’s Incident Liaison Officer, the Emergency Services, LCC Emergency Planning and other Council staff, as appropriate Establish an appropriate Control Centre, if necessary Consider setting up a Fylde Borough Council Forward Control Point Establish & co-ordinate the media and public information services Attend, or nominate an attendee, at Gold Command, if established Liaise with Town/Parish Councils affected and other representatives of the Local Community Be responsible for requesting military aid in consultation with Lancashire County Emergency Planning Unit and the Police Delegate responsibility for dealing with other local authority business, as appropriate Assume overall control of the recovery phase Scale down resources committed to the Council’s response when opportune Communicate the stand down message If appropriate, arrange for counselling of staff 6.3.2 Deputy Chief Executive Assist the Chief Executive as necessary and assume the above mentioned duties of the Chief Executive, in his absence Liaise with LCC Emergency Planning regarding the appropriate Fylde BC representation on the Strategic Co-ordination Group at Police HQ or at the Tactical Coordinating Meeting and if necessary attend as requested along with a nominated assistant. 6.3.3 Executive Manager Consumer Wellbeing & Protection Assume or nominate another officer to assume the role of Incident Liaison Officer to take charge of the Council’s operations at the scene and attend the incident control centre on request Establish a Fylde Borough Council Forward Control Point on site, if required to do so by the Chief Executive Ensure public health issues are addressed through liaison and co-ordination with other agencies Protect the Public and the Environment from pollution and /or contamination Be a member of the Health Advisory Team (HAT) where required. Section 6 25 Uncontrolled if Printed Rev.0
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