Issue - decisions

Date of Decision:

3rd July 2024

Title:

Integrated Incident Response and Recovery Plan

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow

Assistant Director, Community Safety and Street Scene

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

As per the Amended Sub Scheme of Delegation – Regeneration and Environment (March 2024); Section 7  - Any function not otherwise reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the Assistant Director’s portfolio.

Brief Description of Decision:

To approve the formal adoption of the Draft Integrated Incident Response and Recovery Plan (dated June 2024)

Reasons for the Decision:

The previous Major Incident Plan, Framework for Recovery and Business Continuity Framework are updated and amalgamated into one holistic and overarching plan.

The Council, as a category 1 responder, is required under the Civil Contingences Act to “maintain plans for preventing emergencies; reducing, controlling or mitigating the effects of emergencies in both the response and recovery phases; and taking other action in the event of emergencies”

Emergency Preparedness (Chapter 5) October 2011 Emergency_Preparedness_chapter5_amends_21112011.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

The attached Integrated Incident Response and Recovery Plan seeks to achieve this statutory requirement.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The plan has been reviewed and updated in line with learning from recent local and national incidents as well as processes and practices tested in recent responses to incidents.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Reports or parts of reports considered

Delegated Officer Decision Report – Integrated Incident Response and Recovery Plan