Emergency Plans
Emergency Plans
The main planning role of the Emergency Planning Unit (EPU)
is to develop and maintain a wide range of both generic and specialist
Major Incident Plans.
- These plans are designed to assist the Local Authorities (LA) Incident
Response Team in their efforts to mitigate the effects of any emergency
or disaster involving destruction of or danger to life or property
within Tyne and Wear, whilst ensuring that as far as possible the
LA can continue its normal day-to-day functions.
- Tyne and Wear Emergency Planning Unit,
in close liaison with the 5 Constituent Councils of Tyne and Wear
(and a broad range of other agencies, including the Emergency Services)
write and maintain broadly generic Major Incident Plans and procedures,
across all Council Directorates and departments which will enable
Councils to most effectively coordinate their resources to minimize
the effect of a Major Incident on the citizens of the Tyne and Wear
area.
- From whatever quarter of the threat compass the next Major Incident
comes from, there are always common factors which all agencies can
prepare for. All Major incident response relies heavily upon a well
understood, practiced set of coordinated procedures and Plans across
all responding organizations.
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