1. Alan O’Beirne Deputy Director of Operations Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust andChair LRF Risk Assessment Group

2. Risk Assessment for Category 1 responders within the context of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

3. LRF Risk Assessment Group  The Civil Contingencies Act places a duty to carry out risk assessment on ALL Category 1 responders.

4. LRF Risk Assessment Group Category 1 responders (England & Wales)  Police (inc. BTP)  Fire  Ambulance  Local Authorities  PCTs  Hospital Trusts  HPA  Environment Agency

5. LRF Risk Assessment Group  The main civil protection duties that fall on the Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act are as follows:  Communicating with the Public  Business Continuity Management (internally)  Emergency Planning  Co-operation (including LRF)  Information Sharing  Advice to local business sector  Risk Assessment

6. LRF Risk Assessment Group Co-operation and Information sharing Risk Assessment Communicating with the public Emergency planning Business Continuity Planning management Advice to business

7. LRF Risk Assessment Group  Risk Assessment is the first step in the emergency planning process. It ensures that local responders make plans that are sound and proportionate to risks

8. LRF Risk Assessment Group So what type and scale of risk are we talking about under the Act? So what type and scale of risk are we talking about under the Act?

9. LRF Risk Assessment Group  Cheltenham Festival  RIAT  Gloucester Rugby  Cheltenham FC  Berkeley Power Station  Greenbelt Festival  Gloucester Airport

10. LRF Risk Assessment Group A responder organisation must perform its duties under the Act only in relation to an emergency which poses a considerable test for that organisation’s ability to perform its normal functions. A responder organisation must perform its duties under the Act only in relation to an emergency which poses a considerable test for that organisation’s ability to perform its normal functions.

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12. LRF Risk Assessment Group  Local risk assessments should be consistent with regional and national assessments. National arrangements (Central Govt) Local arrangements (LRF) Regional arrangements (RRF)

13. LRF Risk Assessment Group  Flooding - Louisiana  Transport – Fuel crisis  Terrorism – London bombings  Disease – Pandemic Flu

14. 510152025 48121620 3691215 246810 12345 Unlikely (2)Possible (3)Probable (4) Highly probable (5) Rare (1) Insignificant(1) Minor (2) Moderate (3) Significant (4) Catastrophic (5) Impact Likelihood

15. LRF Risk Assessment Group  Category 1 responders have a statutory duty to publish their risk assessments, with the aim of helping to reduce the impact of an emergency on the community.  Multi-agency co-operation in producing, publishing and maintaining a Community Risk Register is also a statutory duty.

16. LRF Risk Assessment Group Thank you