LLR Prepared Partners

 

The Civil Contingencies Act divides responding organisations into two categories. The members of LLR Prepared are categorised as follows:

Category 1 Responders

Those organisations at the core of the response to most emergencies (e.g. Emergency Services, Local Authorities, NHS bodies and the Environment Agency). Category 1 Responders are subject to the full set of civil protection duties.

• Leicestershire Police
  Saving and protecting life, preserving the scene and evidence, co-ordinating the activities of multi-agency partners.
• Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
  Rescuing people trapped by fire, wreckage or debris, dealing with released chemicals or other contaminants in order to make an incident site safe, recommending exclusion zones.
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
  Sustaining life through emergency treatment at the scene, coordinating the on-site NHS response and determining the hospital(s) to which injured people should be taken depending on the types of injuries received.
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  Saving life and providing emergency treatment of casualties away from the scene. In the event of an emergency resulting in large numbers of casualties, the ambulance service will designate receiving hospital(s) from a number of hospital sites across the region.  Within Leicestershire, casualties will be managed at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
  Ensuring continuity of community health services, providing support for humanitarian assistance.
• UK Health Security Agency
  The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is responsible for protecting every member of every community from the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents and other health threats.
• NHS England
  Prioritising, commissioning and overseeing the delivery of health services.
• Environment Agency
  Environmental regulator with a wide range of roles and responsibilities including responding to incidents affecting the natural environment, human health or property.
• British Transport Police
  Dealing with incidents affecting trains and rail networks.
• Local Authorities
  Representing the community, providing a wide range of functions that can be called upon in support of the Emergency Services during the emergency response, opening emergency centres, providing humanitarian assistance, leading and coordinating the recovery process afterwards. Blaby District Council, Charnwood Borough Council, Harborough District Council, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council,  Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Melton Borough Council, North West Leicestershire District Council, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council, Rutland County Council.

Category 2 responders

The “co-operating bodies” that are less likely to be involved in the core planning work but may be heavily involved in incidents.

• East Midlands Airport
  Bespoke plans for site specific incidents at East Midlands Airport and its immediate vicinity
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  Monitoring safety of hazardous processes and infrastructure
• Transport – Highways Agency, Network Rail, bus companies, train operating companies
  Implementing diversions, assisting with evacuations, restoring transport networks
• Utilities – gas, electricity, water, sewerage, public communication providers
  Providing emergency supplies, making supplies safe, restoring supply infrastructure

Other key partners

• Met Office
  Advice regarding prevailing and forecast weather conditions
• Animal and Plant Health Agency
  Lead on incidents of notifiable animal disease
• Military
  Military aid may be sought to support the civil authorities when they have an urgent and specialised need for assistance to deal with a Major Incident

Voluntary sector partners

• British Red Cross
  Assistance to the Emergency Services in a number of bespoke roles, providing emergency centre volunteers.
• Salvation Army
  Providing emergency centre volunteers, catering, counselling.
• Leicestershire Search and Rescue
  Providing specialist resources to assist in the search and rescue of vulnerable and missing people.
• Samaritans
  Emotional support.
• RSPCA
  Rescue and care of animals.
• 4×4
  Assistance when conditions are fit only for 4-wheel driving, often in times of flooding and snow, to rescue trapped people, transport district nurses, deliver meals, etc.
• Raynet
  The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network, provided by licensed radio amateurs, to provide backup communications or work alongside officers who may not have direct communications themselves.
• Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
  Support to individuals and organisations through the creation of volunteering opportunities in Leicester and Leicestershire.
• Voluntary Action Rutland
  Support to individuals and organisations through the creation of volunteering opportunities in Rutland.