Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Risk Register
Foreword by Chief Constable, Chair of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum
Whilst it's not possible to plan for every eventuality, preparations need to be made to deal with potential emergencies. The Community Risk Register examines those incidents which, however unlikely, have the potential to impact severely on communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The document provides a framework for emergency planning work and looks at the incidents which present the greatest risk. Should they materialise, Emergency Services and other members of the LRF can work together to minimise any impact on the community.
The Civil Contengencies Act 2004 is the legislation which sets out the response by all agencies and organisations to emergency incidents - from utility companies and local councils to the emergency services. As part of that legislation a community risk register for this area has been produced to reassure the people of Hampshire & Isle of Wight that an assessment of potential risks has taken place.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Risk Register
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Risk Register has been published by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum as a requirement of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Its purpose is to assure the people of Hampshire & Isle of Wight that an assessment of potential risks has taken place and is informing the approach to joined up emergency planning both locally, at a regional and national level. Further information on the risks identified can be found at www.ukresilience.info.
The inclusion of a hazard/threat in the Community Risk Register does not mean that the Local Resilience Forum believes the risk will materialise, or that if it were to do so, it would be at the scale described. The outcome descriptions are the maximum plausible worse case assumptions upon which the impact assessments are based. The likelihood assessments relate to the probability of the hazard occurring over a five year period.
The risk assessments included in the register only cover non-malicious incidents (referred to as hazards) rather than malicious incidents such as terrorist attack (referred to as threats). This does not mean that we are not considering threats within our risk assessment work, but given the sensitivity of the information supporting these risk assessments, specific details (beyond that included) will not be made available via the risk register.
The individual risk assessments are subject to regular review to take account of any changes to the risk, as a result the Community Risk Register will updated accordingly.
For information on measures to help protect you and your family visit the Government’s Preparing for Emergencies website at www.pfe.gov.uk.
Very High
Very High Risk – These are classed as primary or critical risks requiring immediate attention. They may have a high or low likelihood of occurrence, but their potential consequences are such that they must be treated as a high priority. This may mean that strategies should be developed to reduce or eliminate the risks, but also that mitigation in the form of (multi-agency) planning, exercising and training should be put in place and the risk monitored on a regular frequency. Consideration should be given to planning being specific rather than generic.
High
High Risk – these risks are classed as significant. They may have a high or low likelihood of occurrence, but their potential consequences are sufficiently serious to warrant appropriate consideration after those risks classed as “Very High”. Consideration should be given to the development of strategies to reduce or eliminate the risks, but also that mitigation in the form of (multi-agency) planning, exercising and training should be put in place and the risk monitored on a regular frequency.
Medium
Medium Risk – these are risks that are less significant, however they may still have serious consequences. These risks should be monitored to ensure that they are being appropriately managed and consideration is given to their being managed under generic emergency planning arrangements.
Low
Low Risk – these risks are both unlikely to occur and not significant in their impact. They should be managed using normal or generic planning arrangements and require minimal monitoring and control unless subsequent risk assessments show a substantial change prompting a move to another risk category.
The categories of impact
Encompassing direct health impact (numbers of people affected, fatalities, injuries, human illness or injury, health damage) and indirect health impacts that arise because of strain on the National Health Service.
Encompassing the social consequences of an event, including availability of social welfare provision; disruption of facilities for transport; damage to property; disruption of a supply of money, food, water, energy or fuel; disruption of an electronic or other system of communication; homelessness, evacuation and avoidance behaviour; and public disorder due to anger, fear, and/or lack of trust in the authorities.
Encompassing the net economic cost, including both direct (e.g. loss of goods, buildings, infrastructure) and indirect (e.g. loss of business, increased demand for public services) costs.
Encompassing contamination or pollution of land, water or air with harmful matter, oil or flooding, or disruption and/or destruction of plant or animal life.
Please click on the links below to download the Community Risk Register as a PDF file.