Emergency Planning Structure

The City Council's Emergency Planning Section works with representatives from other organisations at national, regional and local levels to ensure that emergency planning / civil protection arrangements are in place.

 

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North West Region

A small team within the Government Office for the North West has established a Regional Resilience Forum (RRF). The role of the RRF is to provide multi-agency strategic direction to civil protection planning at regional level. It does not have a role in response to incidents.

 

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Greater Manchester Region

There are a number of Forum's and Group's with whom the City Council's Emergency Planning Team are involved with in Greater Manchester.  These include:

• The Greater Manchestrer Resilience Forum
• The Resilience and Development Group
• The Emergency Planning Liason Group

 

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The Greater Manchester Resilience Forum

Locally, the emergency planning stakeholders in Greater Manchester are co-ordinated by the Greater Manchester Resilience Forum (GMRF).  The GMRF is made up of key representatives from a range of agencies. The aim of the group is to ensure an effective multi-agency response to major incidents and to create an efficient way of delivering a work programme across Greater Manchester.

The key objectives of the GMRF are to:

• promote closer partnership working between the diverse mix of agencies
• encourage mutual support
• share information
• share resources.

It's main responsibilities are to ensure that:

• Foreseeable risks are identified
• Policies are in place to respond to the risks
• Plans exist to address the risks and to implement the policy framework
• Multi-agency relationships are close and effective in order to facilitate necessary action
• Plans are tested and exercising occurs to enhance preparedness
• Training needs are identified and met
• The Group and all partner agencies are part of a quality assured system
• Progress on initiatives undertaken by the Resilience and Development Group, Emergency Planning Liaison Group and the Programme Support Manager are monitored

The GMRF is supported by a Review Group and the Greater Manchester Emergency Planning Liaison Group.

 

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Resilience and Development Group

The Resilience and Development Group's main aim is to:

• provide a structure which will maximise effectiveness in planning for incidents/disasters across Greater Manchester

The Resilience and Development Group's key responsibilities are to:

• Undertake tasks referred by the GMRF
• Identify the risks
• Identify whether plans are in place to address the risks
• Produce and maintain a programme for the testing and exercising of plans
• Produce and maintain a training programme
• Ensure that the planning arrangements are part of a quality assured system

 

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Emergency Planning Liaison Group

The Emergency Planning Liason Group's primary aim is to:

• Provide a Forum where professionals with a major interest in Emergency Planning within Greater Manchester are able to meet as equal partners
• Improve Emergency Planning preparedness across Greater Manchester

Its key responsibilities are to:

• Undertake tasks referred by the GMRF
• Identify the risks
• Examine, develop and implement best practice within the Emergency Planning profession
• Recognise the interests of all Services/Agencies within Greater Manchester
• Develop new initiatives and take account of Cabinet Office Guidance wherever this will benefit the community
• Foster good relations/mutual aid arrangements with neighbouring Local Authorities