ANNEX B WEATHER ACTIVITY TABLE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS Activity Level Level 0 1 Level 2 3 Level 4 MAJOR INCIDENT - PREPAREDNESS ACTION Generic activity levels for LONG TERM PLANNING ALERT AND EMERGENCY ALL SEVERE WEATHER READINESS All year RESPONSE for emergency responder organisations Warning and Informing Develop communications Appropriate agencies Appropriate agencies Agencies to receive Met Agencies to receive Met activity strategies to encourage register to receive weekly receive weekly Heat- Health Office weekly notifications Office weekly notifications resilience and Heat-Health Watch and Watch and Cold Weather Update Community Update Community preparedness. Cold Weather Plan Plan notifications and alerts Resilience partners and Resilience partners and ask notifications and alerts. Prepare core messages to media messages encourage review of them to activate – be broadcast alongside Consider issue of general especially to reach community emergency community emergency ‘hard national, PHE messages media messages. groups’. plans aligned to warnings and Post advice links on weather forecasts. agency’s websites. Specific activity levels All Agencies All Agencies All Agencies All Agencies All Agencies Convene associated with Make environmental Liaise and confirm status of Convene TCG/SCG to Coordinate individual Hertfordshire Heatwave improvements to provide a heatwave response, logistics coordinate implementation agency heatwave teleconference to identify safe environment for clients and monitoring mechanisms of mitigation measures and Contingency & Particular heatwave in the event of a heatwave. (Cat 2 responders as national guidance (NHS business continuity related issues and appropriate). lead). arrangements. potential mitigation Prepare business strategies (NHS lead). continuity plans to cover Communicate alerts to Update warnings, Liaise with partners on the event of a heatwave and make sure that they information and media preparedness Review safety of public (e.g. storage of medicines, are aware of heatwave alerts. arrangements. events. computer resilience, etc.). plans NHS & Local Authority Circulate National warning information Work with partners and staff Increase advice to health heatwave guidance and and media alerts. Coordinate the to raise awareness of the and social care workers advice schools, care – implementation of DH NHS & Local Authority (ACS impacts of severe heat and working in community, care settings, prisons, and advice / guidance & CYP) homes and hospitals on risk reduction awareness voluntary organisations. Continue to distribute DH …cont… advice / guidance to… Continue distribution of
ANNEX B WEATHER ACTIVITY TABLE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS Activity Level Level 0 1 Level 2 3 Level 4 Generic activity levels for ALL SEVERE WEATHER for emergency responder organisations LONG TERM PLANNING All year PREPAREDNESS ALERT AND READINESS ACTION MAJOR INCIDENT - EMERGENCY RESPONSE Warning and Informing activity Develop communications strategies to encourage resilience and preparedness. Prepare core messages to be broadcast alongside national, PHE messages aligned to warnings and weather forecasts. Appropriate agencies register to receive weekly Heat-Health Watch and Cold Weather Plan notifications and alerts. Consider issue of general media messages. Post advice links on agency’s websites. Appropriate agencies receive weekly Heat- Health Watch and Cold Weather Plan notifications and alerts media messages – especially ‘hard to reach groups’. Agencies to receive Met Office weekly notifications Update Community Resilience partners and encourage review of community emergency Agencies to receive Met Office weekly notifications Update Community Resilience partners and ask them to activate community emergency plans Specific activity levels associated with Heatwave All Agencies Make environmental improvements to provide a safe environment for clients in the event of a heatwave. Prepare business continuity plans to cover the event of a heatwave (e.g. storage of medicines, computer resilience, etc.). Work with partners and staff to raise awareness of the impacts of severe heat and on risk reduction awareness All Agencies Coordinate individual agency heatwave Contingency & business continuity arrangements. Liaise with partners on preparedness arrangements. Circulate National heatwave guidance and advice – schools, care settings, prisons, and voluntary organisations. All Agencies Liaise and confirm status of heatwave response, logistics and monitoring mechanisms (Cat 2 responders as appropriate). Communicate alerts to and make sure that they are aware of heatwave plans Increase advice to health and social care workers working in community, care homes and hospitals All Agencies Convene Hertfordshire teleconference to identify Particular heatwave related issues and potential mitigation strategies (NHS lead). Review safety of public events. warning information and media alerts. NHS & Local Authority (ACS & CYP) Continue to distribute DH advice / guidance to… All Agencies Convene TCG/SCG to coordinate implementation of mitigation measures and national guidance (NHS lead). Update warnings, information and media alerts. NHS & Local Authority Coordinate the implementation of DH advice / guidance …cont… Continue distribution of
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