Warn and Inform

The Civil Contingencies Act includes public awareness and warning and informing as two distinct legal duties for Category 1 responders - Advising the public of risks before an emergency and maintaining arrangements to warn and keep them informed in the event of an emergency.

The duties to assess risks and to prepare are coupled with a further duty to publish all or part of this information where it is desireable to prevent, reduce, control, mitigate or take further action with an emergency.

The Act regulations allow for Category 1 responders to cooperate for the purpose of identifying an organisation which will have lead responsibility for maintaining arrangements to warn in regard to a particluar emergency


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