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Police and Crime Commissioners: Civil Contingencies. Roy Wilsher Chief Executive Hertfordshire PCC. Overview. Introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act Creation & Role of Local Resilience Forums National Co-ordination Advisory Framework Strategic Co-ordinating Groups
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Police and Crime Commissioners: Civil Contingencies Roy Wilsher Chief Executive Hertfordshire PCC
Overview • Introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act • Creation & Role of Local Resilience Forums • National Co-ordination Advisory Framework • Strategic Co-ordinating Groups • Role of Politicians @ Major Incidents • CCA and the Strategic Policing Requirement • ACPO Civil Contingencies • Interoperability • PCC – Linking the Chain
Civil Contingencies Act 2004 • Replacement for pure “Civil Defence” legislation • Redefined the term “Emergency” • Created Local Resilience Forums • Concept of Subsidiarity
Local Resilience Forums • Integrated Emergency Management • Category 1 and 2 Responders • Cooperate and Share Information • Duties of the LRF • Risk Assessment • Business Continuity Management • Emergency Planning • Warning and informing the Public • Advise and Assist Commercial & Voluntary sectors
CCA and the SPR • An identified National Threat : “ Civil emergencies defined as a Tier One risk in the National Security Risk Assessment requiring an aggregated response across police force boundaries” • Application of the 5 C’s • National Level: Police should be prepared for a Major Incident or Natural hazard which requires a national response • Local Level: Response capability commensurate with the local Risk Assessment based on NSRA and NPA.
ACPO – Civil Contingencies • National Policing Lead : DCC Charlie Hall • ACPO CC Work streams: • Disaster Victim Identification • Casualty Bureau • Business Continuity • Local Resilience Forums • Flooding • Nuclear Emergencies • Search and Rescue • Animal Disease
Interoperability • Background : Justice Hallettet al • Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme • Aim : “To ensure that the blue light services are trained and exercised to work together as effectively at all levels of command in response to major or complex incidents so that as many lives as possible can be saved” • Governance and Legacy
JESIP Governance Ministerial Oversight Board (6 monthly) Chair - Home Secretary Theresa May Government Departments Ministers Police, Fire & Ambulance Lynne Owens / Roy Wilsher/Anthony Marsh HMIC CFRA JESIP SRO – Craig Denholm Strategic Board (Quarterly) Chair - Chief Fire Officer Roy Wilsher Government Departments Directors Police, Fire & Ambulance Lynne Owens, Roy Wilsher, Anthony Marsh JESIP SRO Craig Denholm Deputy SRO Jo Byrne Local Government & Devolved Administrations Representatives Programme Board (Monthly) Chair - Senior Responsible Officer Craig Denholm Government Departments Representatives Police, Fire & Ambulance Deputy SRO Jo Byrne, Steve Hamm, Keith Prior JESIP Senior Users & other team members as required Devolved Administrations Representatives