Roy Wilsher Chief ExecutiveHertfordshire PCC
Police and Crime Commissioners: Civil Contingencies
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
Buncefield 2005 – Command Structure
National Coordination Advisory Framework
Role of Politicians at a Major Incident
Interoperability
• Background : Justice Hallett et 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 GovernanceMinisterial Oversight Board (6 monthly)
Chair - Home Secretary Theresa May
Government DepartmentsMinisters
Police, Fire & AmbulanceLynne Owens / Roy
Wilsher/Anthony Marsh
HMICCFRA
JESIPSRO – Craig Denholm
Strategic Board (Quarterly)Chair - Chief Fire Officer Roy Wilsher
Government DepartmentsDirectors
Police, Fire & AmbulanceLynne Owens, Roy
Wilsher, Anthony Marsh
JESIP SRO Craig DenholmDeputy SRO Jo Byrne
Local Government & Devolved Administrations
Representatives
Programme Board (Monthly)Chair - Senior Responsible Officer Craig Denholm
Government Departments Representatives
Police, Fire & AmbulanceDeputy SRO Jo Byrne,
Steve Hamm, Keith Prior
JESIP Senior Users & other team members as
required
Devolved Administrations Representatives
JESIP Workstreams
Doctrine & Organisation
Training & Exercise
Shared Situational Awareness
Operational Communications
What Will Success Look Like ?
Linking the Chain
JESIP PCC LRF
Questions ?