HSE Emergency Management Area 1 Emergency Plan (Covering Geographical Areas of Counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan & Monaghan) January 2021 Version Version 7 - January 2021 Approval Date January 2021 Review Date January 2022 Area Crisis Management Team Please note Area 1 CMT Action Card Version 7 corresponds with this (CMT) Action Card plan Emergency Management 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS COMMON PAGE ............................................................................................................... 7 Using the following Confidential, Dedicated Numbers: ..................................................................... 7 Section 1 Inroduction to the Plan...................................................................................... 9 1.1 Foreward ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 The Framework for Major Emergency Management 2006 ........................................................ 10 1.3 Objectives of Area 1 Plan ............................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Scope of this Major Emergency Plan .......................................................................................... 10 1.5 Relationship to other plans ........................................................................................................ 11 1.6 Language, Terminology and Definition of a Major Emergency .................................................. 11 1.7 Distribution ................................................................................................................................. 11 1.8 Public Access to the Plan ............................................................................................................ 12 Section 2 The Principal Response Agency and its Functional Area .................................... 12 2.1 The Agency – The Health Service Executive (HSE) ............................................................... 12 2.1.1 Functions of the HSE ................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 Boundaries and Characteristics of the Area ............................................................................... 14 Section 3 Risk Assessment for the Area ........................................................................... 15 Section 4 HSE Resources for Major Emergency Response ................................................ 15 4.1 Internal Resources ...................................................................................................................... 15 4.1.1 Area 1 Crisis Management Team............................................................................................. 15 4.1.2 The National Ambulance Service (NAS) ................................................................................... 16 4.1.3 National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) ..................................................................... 16 4.1.4 Acute Hospitals Division .......................................................................................................... 16 4.1.5 Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) ........................................................................... 16 4.1.6 Public Health ............................................................................................................................ 17 4.1.7 Psycho – Social Support ........................................................................................................... 17 4.1.8 Environmental Health .............................................................................................................. 17 4.1.9 The Emergency Management Office ....................................................................................... 18 Figure 4.1 Emergency Management Structure ................................................................................ 18 4.1.10 Communications Division ...................................................................................................... 19 4.1.11 Support Functions ................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 External Resources ..................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Regional Interagency Level Response ........................................................................................ 19 Section 5 Preparedness for Major Emergency Response .................................................. 20 Emergency Management 2021 1 5.1 This Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Structures ................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2.1 National ................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2.2 Area 1 Emergency Planning Group .......................................................................................... 20 5.2.3 Local, Site and Service ............................................................................................................. 20 5.3 Service and Business Plans ......................................................................................................... 21 5.4 Preparedness .............................................................................................................................. 21 5.5 Responsibility for Major Emergency Development Process ...................................................... 21 5.6 Key Roles..................................................................................................................................... 21 5.7 Supports for Key Roles................................................................................................................ 30 5.8 Linking the Major Emergency Plan with Other Emergency Plans .............................................. 30 5.9 Staff Development, Training and Exercise Programs ................................................................. 31 5.9.1 Training .................................................................................................................................... 31 5.9.2 Exercises .................................................................................................................................. 31 5.10 Major Emergency Preparedness Appraisal .............................................................................. 31 Section 6 The Command, Control and Co-ordination System ........................................... 32 6.1 HSE CMT(s) Structures ................................................................................................................ 32 6.1.1 Area 1 CMT .............................................................................................................................. 32 6.2 CMT Members and their Respective Function ........................................................................... 32 6.1.2 Area 1 Crisis Management Team Membership ....................................................................... 32 6.2.2 Chairperson – CO or his/her designate ................................................................................... 33 6.2.3 NAS Area Operations Manager or designate .......................................................................... 33 6.2.4 Acute Hospital Divisions – Saolta University Healthcare Group ............................................. 34 6.2.5 Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) Area 1 ................................................................ 34 6.2.6 Public Health West .................................................................................................................. 34 The Director of Public Health or a Specialist in Public Health Medicine is a member of the Area 1 CMT. 34 6.2.7 Psycho – Social Support ........................................................................................................... 35 6.2.8 Environmental Health .............................................................................................................. 36 6.2.9 Regional Emergency Management Office ............................................................................... 36 6.2.10 HSE Communications Division Representative ..................................................................... 37 6.2.11 Logistics/Procurement Manager ........................................................................................... 37 6.2.12 Human Resources .................................................................................................................. 37 6.2.13 Specialist Advisers to the Area 1 Crisis Management Team ................................................. 37 6.3 Control at the Site....................................................................................................................... 38 Emergency Management 2021 2 6.3.1 The Role of the Controller of Operations is set out below: .................................................... 38 6.3.2 Other functions of the HSE Controller of Operations ............................................................. 39 Section 7 The Common Elements of Response ...............................................................