Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council

Emergency Plan February 2007
APPENDIX 4
LIST OF ASSOCIATED PLANS FOR THE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE
Multi Agency Contingency Plans For The County Of Lancashire
In accordance with various Government Regulations and Guidance, there are a number of
areas where it is has been necessary to produce an Emergency Plan to deal with a specific
threat or hazard. Within Lancashire, the duty of care to write and exercise these plans is the
responsibility of the Emergency Services and Lancashire County Council through the
Lancashire Resilience Forum (LRF). There are various contingency plans in existence in
Lancashire, some statutory, others non-statutory. All plans produced are designed to
complement one another, so in theory several plans could be activated at the same time.
Fylde Borough Council has a responsibility to ensure that any response they are involved in,
takes into consideration the specific hazards relating to such an incident and the appropriate
lead organisations.
1 Hazardous Substances Incidents - Operation Merlin
Operation Merlin describes the co-ordinated, multi-agency arrangements in Lancashire in
response to incidents involving chemicals and other hazardous substances, which have the
potential to cause harm to people or to the environment. The aim of the plan is to protect the
health and safety of people and to safeguard the environment. Operation Merlin would also
be implemented in the response to chemical weapons.
A section of the Operation Merlin plan deals with the actions to be taken following any
occurrence resulting from uncontrolled developments involving radioactive materials or
radioactivity which has the potential to adversely affect the people and/or environment. It
provides the guidance on the basic or minimum response to an alert being received. Also
includes the National Response Plan and Radiation Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET)
arrangements.
2 Contaminated Food (Operation Minerva)
The Operation Minerva is currently under review and may well be completely replaced. It is a
plan designed to protect the public from food that has been rendered unsuitable or unfit for
human consumption as a result of a major incident involving an escape of harmful
substances.
3 Pipeline Emergency Plan
The aim of the Pipeline Emergency Plan is to co-ordinate a multi-agency response to any
Major Accident Hazard Pipeline Emergency affecting the County of Lancashire. The plan
gives details on the actions to be taken to minimise the consequences to the health and safety
of people and to safeguard the environment. This plan is produced in two parts (part II
comprising the necessary maps) and is produced as part of a statutory responsibility.
4 Animal Diseases & Rabies Plan (Includes Foot and Mouth Plan)
The Lancashire Resilience Forum has issued this guidance setting out the initial procedures
to be followed in the event of an outbreak of Rabies or Foot and Mouth Disease. The
guidance covers outbreaks of both diseases on the basis that the initial notification and coordination
is the same as for both Foot and Mouth and Rabies. DEFRA will be the lead
Government Agency for both diseases and the Divisional Veterinary Manager, based at
Barton will be responsible for implementing local arrangements and co-ordinating multiagency
meetings.
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