LRF Induction - general

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Local Resilience Forum

Why do we have a Local Resilience Forum?

“The purpose of the

LRF process is to ensure

effective delivery of

those duties under the

Act that need to be

developed in a multi-agency

environment and individually

as a Category 1 responder”

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/

2004/36/contents

https://www.gov.uk/government/publication

s/the-role-of-local-resilience-forums-a-

reference-document (p10)

Civil Contingencies Act - Emergency

“Emergency” under Civil Contingencies Act is any event:

• Which threatens human welfare in a place in the UK

• Which threatens serious damage to the environment of a

place in the UK

• War or terrorism which threatens serious damage to the

security of the UK

Plus…

Any one of the three thresholds and….

• An incident or situation must also pose a considerable

test for an organisation’s ability to perform its functions

Common triggers are:

• The scale of the impact of the event or situation

• The demands it is likely to make on local responders

• The exceptional deployment of resources

Cat 1 and Cat 2 responders

• Category 1

responders –

main

organisations

involved in

emergencies

• Category 2

responders –

likely to be

heavily involved

in some

emergencies https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-local-

resilience-forums-a-reference-document (p36)

Category 1 responders

• Police

• Ambulance

• Fire

• Environment Agency

• Councils

• Health

Category 2 responders

• Utilities (such as) – Electricity providers

– Water Companies

– Telecomms

– Gas

• Transport (such as) – Ferries

– Trains

– Highways

Others

• Military

• Voluntary Sector

• Communities

Seven duties under the act

1. Co-operation (Cat 1s & 2s)

2. Information Sharing (Cat 1

& 2s)

3. Risk Assessment (Cat 1s)

4. Emergency Planning (Cat

1s)

5. Business Continuity Plans

(Cat 1s)

6. Communicating with the

public (Cat 1s)

7. Advice to businesses (Local

Authorities only)

Hampshire Isle of Wight LRF

Delivery Group Key engagement aspect of the

partnership ensuring engagement with all Cat 1s, targeted Cat 2s and

Voluntary sector

Executive Group Sets the Strategic direction for the

partnership

Local Health Resilience Partnership Sets the EPRR strategy for health and ensures health representation at LRF

Task and finish groups as necessary

Working on ‘Tuesdays’ All work of the LRF

Risk Mitigation

Training &

exercising

The duties of ‘Co-operation

and information sharing’ are

mostly met by being

involved in the Local

Resilience Forum

Executive & Delivery Group

Executive Group

• Chaired by Chief Constable

• Sets the Strategic Direction for the

partnership.

Delivery Group

• Chaired by Assistant Chief Constable

• Forum aspect of the LRF ensures local

resilience issues are identified

Executive Group Chair

• Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney

is the Chair of the Executive

Group

Executive Group Deputy Chair

• Chief Fire Officer Neil

Odin is the deputy Chair

of the Executive Group

• Neil is responsible for the

Improvement and

Development of the LRF

Executive and Delivery Group

• Executive, two meetings a year, March and July

• Delivery, three meetings a year, Jan, May and

September

• Joint Strategic and Tactical event every

October

• Wider Conference, every two years in March

(odd years)

Strategic Objectives

1. Remain resilient in order to

respond

2. Structure appropriately

3. Learn from experiences

4. Understand and take account

of emerging challenges

5. Encourage strategic

awareness

6. Communicate effectively

Delivery Group Chair

• ACC Dave Hardcastle -

Hampshire Constabulary

• Convention is ‘blue lights’

provide chair.

Delivery Group Deputy Chair

• Darren Steed - IOW

Council

• Convention is ‘non blue

lights’ deputy chair; to

provide consistency.

• Darren is responsible for

the actions in the

Business Plan and

improvement and

development

What’s the

WOT?

Multi agency

themed meetings

Multi agency

workspace

Relationship

building

Working on Tuesdays

• Informal working

• Based on the top risks and critical

capabilities

• Annual schedule so people can choose

the ones which are relevant to them.

Workstream Leads

As an LRF there are ‘workstream’ leads:

• Risk

• Mitigation and capability

• Training and Exercising

• Community Resilience

• Warning and Informing

• Budget

Risk Workstream Lead

• Lisa Scovell-Strickland –

IOW Council

• Responsible for

Community Risk

Register

• Reports annually to

Delivery Group

• Work undertaken by risk

authors

Risk workstream

• Focus of the partnership

• Technical process led by the Risk

Workstream lead

• Determines the work of the rest of the

Local Resilience Forum

Capability and Mitigation

Workstream Lead • James Amos – SCAS

• Responsible for

considering common

outcomes from risks

• Reports as required to

Delivery Group

• Responsible for

maintaining LRF Plans

• Work undertaken by plan

authors

Flooding

Pandemic

Industrial Accident

Threats

Total Electricity Loss

Fatalities

Mass Casualties

Evacuation &

Shelter

Water Supply Loss

Transport

Disruption

Electricity Loss

Contamination

Fuel Disruption

Telecomms Loss

LRF Evacuation

and Shelter Plan

encompasses a

number of

different risks all

with the same

outcome

In HIOWLRF

1. Risk or capability work identifies need

for a plan

2. Usually Delivery Group (or partners)

decide plan author and timescales

3. Plan written (usually more than one

partner)

4. Plan is consulted on and brought to

Delivery Group for approval

5. Issued via ResilienceDirect

6. Training in conjunction with T&E lead

7. Exercising in conjunction with T&E

lead

8. Reviewed at least every 3 years

Training and Exercising Workstream Lead

• Caroline Calvert-Lee

– Portsmouth City

Council

• Responsible for LRF

training and

exercising

• Reports annually to

Delivery Group

Training and Exercising

• LIVEX every 2

years

• Generic training on

command and

control structures

• Bespoke plan and

risk training

Community Resilience

Workstream Lead

• Mark Woods -

HFRS

• Responsible for

Community

Resilience

coordination

• Reports annually to

Delivery Group

• Developing

Community

Emergency Plans

• Engaging with

groups

• Holding and

attending events to

promote Community

Resilience

Warning and Informing

Workstream Lead

• Julie Jones - Police

• Responsible for Emergency Warning and

Informing Plan

• Reports as appropriate to Delivery Group

• Work undertaken by all agencies

Communication leads

Budget Workstream Lead

• Ian Hoult – Hampshire

County Council

• Responsible for the

reporting on the LRF joint

budget

• Reports annually to

Delivery Group

• Funding requests

channelled through

workstream leads

LRF Partnership Manager

• Laura Edwards and Erica

Chisholm facilitate the

Local Resilience Forum,

and should be your

contacts for any

information.

• HIOWLRF@hants.gov.uk