Emergency Plans - District and County ERP's/MIP's

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Sunderland City Council Major Incident Plan

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the Plan is to enable the speedy mobilisation of all necessary resources required to deal with a major incident and to provide a line of communication and command at the incident, along with the co-ordination of the services deployed. Each service involved will have developed its own emergency procedures.

• The objectives of the plan are to mitigate the effects of a Major Incident on the populace of Sunderland. To achieve this, the plan defines:
• the method and means of alerting the local authority to the emergency;
• the functions and roles of local authority services;
• the co-ordination of the various local authority services by the appointment of Strategic, Tactical and Operational teams, and;
• briefly outlines the function and role of the emergency services, national bodies, public utilities, voluntary bodies and other involved organisations.

For more information about the City of Sunderland Council please click here: www.sunderland.gov.uk

Newcastle City Council Emergency Response Plan

In recognition of the seriousness of the consequences likely to arise following a disaster the Newcastle City Council Emergency Response Plan ensures that the Council is in an appropriate state of readiness to respond to any such event.

The Plan enables the speedy mobilisation of all necessary resources required to mitigate the effects of a major incident on the population of Newcastle and is designed to provide a flexible Council response for any level of incident. 

To achieve this, the plan details the roles and responsibilities of key council officers who have a role to play in a major incident response whether as a member of the Crisis Management Team set up to control and co-ordinate council resources, or as someone who is in a front line response role.

Overall the plans main objectives and areas of responsibility can be summarised as:

• City Council Activation.
• Incident Management.
• Public Information and Media Relations.
• Recovery and Restoration following a Major Incident.
• Service Continuity during a Major Incident.
• Sources of External Assistance.

For more information about Newcastle City Council please click here: www.newcastle.gov.uk

North Tyneside Major Incident Plan

THE NORTH TYNESIDE MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN IS DESIGNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN A MAJOR INCIDENT IS DECLARED BY THE POLICE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED.

The aim of this Plan is to enable the speedy mobilisation of all necessary resources required to deal with a major incident and to provide a line of communication and command at the incident along with the co-ordination of the services deployed. Each service involved will have developed its own emergency procedures, the main aim of this plan being to provide the Emergency Services with one point of contact for all Local Authority and voluntary services, thus easing their operational burden and allowing their resources to be concentrated in their specialist role.

This Plan is designed to provide a flexible response. It may therefore be partially activated for any level of incident. A record should be made each time the Plan is activated, and the Local Authority Emergency Centre alerted at once to standby should the incident escalate.

The objectives of this Plan are to mitigate the effects of a Major Civil Incident on the people of North Tyneside. To achieve this it defines the method and means of alerting the Local Authority to the emergency; the functions and roles of Local Authority Services; briefly outlines the function and role of the Emergency Services; and secures the co-ordination of the various Local Authority Services by the appointment of Officers with distinct functional responsibilities who would discharge those responsibilities under the control and direction of the Incident Controller. Appendices are included to identify the manpower and material resources available for a particular task and support documentation for certain identified scenarios.

For more information about North Tyneside Council please click here: www.northtyneside.gov.uk

Gateshead Council Major Incident Plan

The aims of Gateshead Council Major Incident Plan are to:

• make clear the Council's expected central response and decision making arrangements in a major incident;
• ensure that Local Authority staff can quickly respond when requested;
• provide a line of communication and command at the incident which co-ordinates Council activity on site;
• provide the Emergency Services with one point of contact for all Authority services;
• guide staff involved through the process of supporting the emergency services.

For more information about Gateshead Council please click here: www.gateshead.gov.uk

South Tyneside Emergency Response Plan

THE SOUTH TYNESIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN A MAJOR INCIDENT IS DECLARED, AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED.

The Plan details the arrangements that are in place to enable the speedy mobilisation of necessary resources required to deal with a major incident, and to provide a line of communication and command at the incident along with the co-ordination of the Council services deployed.

Each service involved has its own emergency procedures, the main aim of this plan being to provide the Emergency Services with one point of contact for all Local Authority and voluntary services.

The objectives of this Plan are to mitigate the effects of any Major Incident on the people of South Tyneside. It defines the method and means of alerting the Local Authority to the emergency; the functions and roles of Local Authority Services; briefly outlines the function and role of the Emergency Services; and secures the co-ordination of the various Local Authority Services by the appointment of Officers with functional responsibilities who would discharge those responsibilities under the control and direction of the Council Incident Controller. Appendices are included to identify the manpower and material resources available for a particular task, and support documentation for certain identified scenarios.

This Plan is designed to provide a flexible response. It may therefore be partially activated for any level of incident.

For more information about South Tyneside Council click here: www.southtyneside.gov.uk

E:mail address: resilience@s-tyneside-mbc.gov.uk