Being resilient is reducing risk from emergencies so people can go freely about their lives and their business.
In Teesside we live with some of the biggest
industrial plants in Europe and we also have the busiest roads
in Britain for road tanker movements. It is important we can respond
to all emergency situations including day-to-day road traffic
collisions involving road tankers, major incidents caused by terrorism
or industrial accidents and natural disasters caused by the weather or
illness.
Weare part of the Cleveland Emergency Planning Unit
. This involves working with our four local authority partners, the
police, the ambulance service and several central government agencies
to build resilience and capability to deal with major emergencies.
Each of the three front line emergency services, fire, police, and ambulance, have an Emergency Planning Officer in the Cleveland Emergency Planning Unit to ensure strong partnership working and efficient information sharing.
Our resilience capability is delivered through three integrated projects:
-
New Dimension - the supply of specialist equipment to deal with
a range of incidents including: rescue from collapsed structures, mass
decontamination, identification and detection of unknown potentially
hazardous substances and high volume pumping
-
Firelink - the provision of a radio-communications system for
the Fire and Rescue Service that is common to all emergency services in
England, Scotland and Wales, enabling them to talk to each other on the
same secure network
-
FireControl - a network of nine regional control centres
supporting the mobilisation of Fire and Rescue Service resources
throughout England.
We allocate our resources according to an integrated
risk management plan, which also takes into account the current UK
threat level.
UK Threat Levels
The threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.
They are based on the assessment of a range of
factors including current national intelligence, recent events and what
is known about terrorist intentions and capabilities. This information
may well be incomplete and decisions about the appropriate security
response are made with this in mind.
Together with the detailed assessments behind them,
this analysis informs security practitioners in key sectors such as the
fire and rescue service and the police of the potential threat of
terrorist attack. Threat assessments are also produced as necessary for
individuals and events.
There are five threat levels which inform decisions
about the levels of security needed to protect our Critical National
Infrastructure (CNI).
- Low - an attack is unlikely
- Moderate - an attack is possible, but not likely
- Substantial - an attack is a strong possibility
- Severe - an attack is highly likely
- Critical - an attack is expected imminently
We are currently at a threat level of "Severe" - which means an attack is a highly likely.
See also:
