Civil Contingencies Act 2010

• Civil Contingencies Act 2004


  Legislation that outlines the roles and responsibilities of those involved in emergency preparation and response at the local level
• Adverse events and incidents

  • Examples can include...
• Requirements for organisations in the health system

  • Prepare for adverse events and incidents
  • Provide plans for their response to the possibility of a major incident situation
  • Carry out a risk assessment
  • Work together to plan their response to local and national emergencies
• Organisations required to prepare

  • NHS organisations
  • Providers of NHS funded care
  • Fire services
  • Police services
  • Local authorities
• Civil Contingencies Act

  • Establishes clear set of roles and responsibilities for those involved in emergency preparation and response at local level
  • Requires organisations in the health system to prepare for adverse events/incidents-sets out how organisations must work together to plan and respond to local and national emergencies
  • Establishes how organisations like emergency services, local authorities and health bodies work together and share information
• Requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act

  1. Requires risk assessments to be undertaken

  2. Requires risk emergency plans to be put in place
• Organisations covered by the Civil Contingencies Act

  • NHS organisations and providers of NHS funded care
  • Fire and police services
  • Local authorities
• Responsibilities of organisations under the Civil Contingencies Act

  1. Must show that they can deal with major incident situations

  2. Provide plans for their response to the possibility of a major incident situation

  3. Carry out risk assessments

  4. Work together to plan their response to local and national emergencies
• The Civil Contingencies Act 2004:

  The Civil Contingencies Act is separated into 2 main

  parts:

  1. local arrangements for civil protection (Part 1)

  2. emergency powers (Part 2).
• Local arrangements for civil

  protection

  Category 1 organisations are at the core of the

  response to most emergencies (the emergency

  services, local authorities, NHS organisations)
• Category 1 responders

  • Assess the risk of emergencies occurring and use this to inform contingency planning
  • Put in place emergency plans
  • Put in place business continuity management arrangements
  • Put in place arrangements to make information available to the public about civil protection matters and maintain arrangements to warn, inform and advise the public in the event of an emergency
  • Share information with other local responders to enhance co-ordination
  • Co-operate with other local responders to enhance co-ordination and efficiency
  • Provide advice and assistance to businesses and voluntary organisations about business continuity management (local authorities only)
• Local arrangements for civil

  protection

  Category 2 organisations (the Health and Safety

  Executive, transport and utility companies) are ‘co-

  operating bodies’.

  They are less likely to be involved in the heart of

  planning work, but will be heavily involved in

  incidents that affect their own sector.

  Category 2 responders have a lesser set of duties

  • co-operating and sharing relevant information

  with other Category 1 and 2 responders.
• Local arrangements for civil

  protection

  Category 1 and 2 organisations come together

  to form ‘local resilience forums’ (based on

  police areas) which will help co-ordination and

  co-operation between responders at the local

  level
• Part 2 - Emergency Powers

  These are often given to the police or military in

  cases of local or national emergencies or

  incidents

  Remember how the police could arrest you if

  you broke COVID rules? This is an example
• Types of Events

  Types of events

  • An explosion or

  suspect package

  • Flooding

  • An outbreak of

  infection/disease

  • Pandemic – COVID

  • A terrorist event

  Contingency Plans

  • Major incidence plans

  • Plans for management

  of mass casualties

  • Shelter and evacuation

  plans

  • Fire,Police for health

  service response plans.

  • Lockdown or

  controlled-access

  plans.
• PANDEMIC

  When an outbreak of an infectious disease spreads over a wide

  geographic area, such as the whole country.

  It affects a very high proportion of the population
• Public information arrangements


  Measures put in place to provide information to the public about civil protection matters and to warn, inform, and advise the public in the event of an emergency
• Local responders


  Organizations and agencies involved in planning for and responding to emergencies in a specific area or region
• Co-ordination


  Working together with other organizations and agencies to plan for and respond to emergencies more effectively
• Business continuity management (BCM)

  An ongoing process to ensure that businesses can continue to operate during and after an emergency or disruption
• Business continuity management arrangements

  Plans and procedures put in place to ensure that essential functions can continue during and after an emergency
• Emergency plans


  Detailed plans put in place to respond to specific emergencies or types of emergencies
• Civil protection matters


  Measures and arrangements put in place to protect the public and property from harm or damage in the event of an emergency
• Category 1 responders


  Organizations with a lead role in planning for and responding to emergencies, including local authorities, emergency services, and NHS bodies