Community Risk Register
The Civil Contingencies Act (2004) places a
legal duty on the wide range of responders to carry out risk
assessments and maintain them in a Community Risk Register.
This Community Risk Register is the first step in the emergency
planning process; it ensures that planning and other work is
carried out in proportion to the risk.
Whilst the requirement to produce a Community Risk Register is recent, responders within Cheshire have always been proactive in identifying risks within our area and in working to mitigate the effects of the risks should they cause a major emergency.
A risk register for Cheshire, Halton and Warrington has been published which highlights potential hazards in our area and how local services would respond in the event of an emergency.
The register has been published by the Cheshire Local Resilience Forum in line with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
The register is intended to reassure local residents of the
measures and plans which have been put in place to respond to the
potential hazards. It has been prepared in accordance with
statutory national guidance on emergency preparedness.
Prior to the Civil Contingencies Act responders were already
basing their planning on a variety of planning assumptions and
expert advice. The work being done on Risk Assessment is proving
that these assumptions were correct and in the main the generic
emergency plans already in place should be able to mitigate the
effects of an emergency.
The purpose of the Community Risk Register is:
- To ensure that local responders have an accurate understanding of the risks that they face to provide a sound foundation for planning
- To provide a work programme and to ensure efficient allocation of resources
- To enable local responders to assess the adequacy of their plans and identify any gaps there may be
- To facilitate and encourage multi-agency working which ensures a more comprehensive planning process
- To provide an accessible overview of the emergency planning context for the public and other interested parties
- To inform on national and regional risk assessments that support emergency planning and capability development at those levels
Click on the links below to view the register and community profile.
Examples of the type of major incident that the Councils within the Local Resilience Forum area needs to be prepared for include:
- Flooding
- Damage to Reservoirs
- Aircraft Crash
- Outbreak of diseases, Pandemics, Epidemics including Swine Flu and rabies
- Rail Crash
- Storm Damage and other extremes of weather
- Major Fire
- Power Failures
- Explosion (gas or other explosive substances)
- Industrial Accidents
- Escape of Dangerous Substances (toxic gases, radioactive material, chemical spillage)
- Evacuation of Housing Areas, Schools, etc
- Terrorism
- Collapse of Structures (buildings, bridges, etc)
This list is not exhaustive, and a major incident may include a combination of events.
Cheshire, Halton and Warrington has a mix of traditional industries and commercial enterprises. There is a northern belt of petro-chemical and chemical industries set against a predominate area of agricultural farming and light industries