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emergency preparedness response - Coggle Diagram
emergency preparedness response
natural disasters
pandemic eg
man made disasters
pollution
2g in the curriculum
why do we care
loss of life
impact on health
impact on day to day society
access to healthcare, utilities
widens inequalities - intersection of people more likely to live on flood plains, unable to avoid pollution, take time off etc.
terminology
bit different to health protection terminology
incident
evet that requires a response from emergency services
emergency
event or situation that threatens serious damage to human welfare and/or environment, or a serious damage to security
nhs e defition
situation or event that may affect service delivery - requires special arrangements to maintatin services
eg terrorism, strike action
major incident
event or situation requiring response from one or more emergecy services' major incident plans
disaster
more than a major incident
serious disruption of community or society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses.
crucially it exceeds the ability of affected community or society to cope using its own resources alone
requires aid.
politically and historically implicated.
context specific
emergency planning
emergency management. develop procedures to mitigate impact
preparedness
law
law
civil contingencies act 2004
allocate roles and responsibilities on public bodies
2 parts
part 1
planning and response
cat 1 and cat 2
local resilience forums
voluntary sector
mutual aid
part 2
emergency powers for exceptional circumstances
special legislation
last resort option
eg lockdown rules
emergency legislation