The Council has a responsibility to ensure that measures are in place to plan for, prepare for, respond to and recover from any emergencies that occur in or have an effect upon Gateshead. The Council has a Major Incident Plan and a number of other related plans to get the right resources to where they are needed in an emergency. The Council works with the Tyne and Wear Emergency Planning Unit to develop these plans.
In responding to an emergency the Council provides a supporting role to the Emergency Services in the early stages of an incident, during an incident as it develops and at the end of the incident when the Local Authority will become involved in any restoration and recovery within the Community. The major functions undertaken by the Council can include:
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Assisting the emergency services in evacuating an area;
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The provision of rest centres;
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Temporary mortuaries;
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Help with transport;
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Provision of information and technical support.
The Major Incident Plan is available to download on the right of this page.