Major Incident Response
The Cumbria Resilience Forum was set up in response to the Civil
Contingencies Act 2004 to co-ordinate the response to major
incidents in Cumbria. A group similar to the Resilience Forum had
been in place since the 1990s, and this group was developed and
enhanced in preparation for the Act.
The forum is made up of the Category 1 and Category 2
responders, defined by the Act, and in Cumbria includes senior
executives, directors and officers from:
- Allerdale Borough Council
- Army HQ 42 (North West) Brigade
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
- Carlisle City Council
- Copeland Borough Council
- Cumbria Constabulary
- Cumbria County Council
- Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
- Eden District Council
- Government Office North West
- Health Protection Agency
- North West Ambulance Service
- North Cumbria Primary Care Trust
- South Lakeland District Council
Emergency plans in Cumbria are regularly reviewed, both by
individual agencies, and by the forum itself through the work of
its sub groups. Since the Civil contingencies Act, much has changed
at a national, regional and local level, and the Resilience Forum
updates its plans accordingly, especially in the light of learning
from actual incidents.
Emergency Plan
The Strategic Response Framework document sets out how all
agencies in Cumbria, including Carlisle City Council, respond to an
emergency.
 More Information
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