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Major IncidentsMAJOR INCIDENT - DEFINITION & PROCEDURE It is generally accepted that a Major Incident can be defined as 'Any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or more of the Emergency Services, the NHS or local Authority for:1) The initial treatment, rescue and transport of a large number of casualties. 2) The involvement, either directly or indirectly, of large numbers of people.3) The handling of a large number of enquires likely to be generated, both from the public and the news media, usually to the Police. 4) The need for large scale combined resources of the emergency services.5) The mobilisation and organisation of the emergency services and supporting organisation, e.g. local authority, to cater for the threat of death, serious injury or homelessness to a large number of people. A Major Incident may be immediately recognised by Control Operators or responding personnel, however, there may be occasions where a Major Incident must be confirmed by a minimum role of Area Manager before being communicated to the Police. The Police will then consider the requirement for activation of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum (NYLRF) Multi-Agency Major Incident Plan and the establishment of multi-agency Silver or Gold Commands.ACTION AT THE SCENE Incident Commander should make an assessment of the situation upon his arrival and if no message indicating a Major Incident has occurred, this should be sent back to Control as a Priority the message prefixed as 'Major Incident' and should wherever possible include the following:-'CHALETS ' = C asualties - approximate number of injured persons H azards - present and potentialA ccess - best routes for emergency vehicles including RVP L ocation - exact location of incident with map referencesE mergency - emergency services present and required T ype - of Incident i.e. Air, Rail, Flood or CBRN S afety - precautions required for those in attendance and responding to the incidentIncident Commanders must use their initial assessment to request resources they require to resolve the Incident effectively Overall coordination of Major Incidents, other than those that are purely fire related, will be the responsibility of the Police. Updated: 23rd October 2007
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In an emergency dial 999
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