Emergency Planning
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Emergency planning is about the preparation for major emergencies and incidents that can happen unexpectedly and anywhere, such as floods, fires, chemical releases, transport accidents, and deliberate acts of violence. Emergency planning is carried out by all the major agencies, including the emergency services, local authorities, NHS trusts, Government departments, utilities and transport companies, and voluntary agencies.
The aim of emergency planning is to put appropriate arrangements and procedures in place that will enable each agency to respond to and manage major incidents in a timely, efficient and effective manner. The Three Rivers Emergency Plan outlines how we would deal with a major incident or emergency in the district.
Hertfordshire Resilience is the county’s emergency planning partnership. It consists of representatives from a number of organisations and agencies concerned with planning, responding to and recovering from emergency incidents ... more
At a district level, the Three Rivers and Watford Local Emergency Planning Forum (LEPF) brings together local representatives of Hertfordshire Resilience agencies. It exists to co-ordinate emergency planning issues and training at a local level, share good practice and experience and build good working relationships ... more
In order to comply with the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), Three Rivers has a duty to ensure that we are able to assist in the response to a major incident or emergency. This is achieved by staff volunteering to undertake a variety of roles ... more
Some useful websites and other sources of information about emergency planning are:
Hertfordshire Resilience
UK Resilience
Cabinet Office
London Prepared
Preparing for Emergencies
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The Council's Emergency Plan can be downloaded below.
Emergency Plan - v3.0 (July 2011)
DOWNLOADFor further information on emergency planning in the district, please contact:
Phil King, Emergency Planning and Risk Manager, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth. 01923 727260
phil.king@threerivers.gov.ukPhilip Legrove, HCC Emergency Planning Officer. 01992 555158 / 07767 650335
philip.legrove@hertscc.gov.uk