Who does what

15 pages. Grouped by part of the system.

The law 5

Category 1 responders
The bodies listed in Parts 1, 2 and 2A of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which carry the full set of civil protection dutie
Category 2 responders
The utilities, transport operators, regulators and other bodies listed in Parts 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Emergency powers
Part 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which lets emergency regulations be made in the most serious emergencies, the three conditions t
The seven duties
The civil protection duties the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the Contingency Planning Regulations 2005 place on Category 1 responders, e
What counts as an emergency
The definition in section 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, the three kinds of serious damage it covers, and the test that decides whet

Community risk registers
The register of local risk assessments that regulation 15 of the 2005 Regulations requires each local resilience forum to keep, how it relat
Local resilience forums
What a local resilience forum is under the 2005 Regulations, who sits on it, what it must produce, how many there are, and what central gove

Central government and COBR
When central government becomes involved in an emergency, the lead government department model, the role of COBR, and how the Cabinet Office
JESIP and joint working
The Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Principles, why they were created after inquiries into major incidents, the five principles, an
National Risk Register
The government's public assessment of the most serious risks facing the UK, how it scores likelihood and impact, who it is written for, and
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
How the Civil Contingencies Act and local arrangements differ outside England, from Regional Resilience Partnerships and the Welsh forums to
UK Resilience Academy
The national centre for resilience learning, who runs it, where it is, who it serves, and what the government says it is doing on standards,

Voluntary and community sector
What the law says responders must do about voluntary organisations, what volunteers are asked to do and not do in an emergency, and the nati

Emergency alerts
The UK government's mobile phone alert system for life-threatening emergencies, who can send an alert, what your phone does, and what to do
Warnings and who issues them
The Met Office weather warnings, the Environment Agency and devolved flood warnings, and the 105 power cut line, with who runs each and how