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Communicating with the Public: Warning and Informing
Communicating with the Public: Warning and Informing (formerly Communications 1) run by the Emergency Planning College is aimed at staff within Category 1 responders, particularly emergency planning officers and communication officers, who are responsible for developing and maintaining a strategy to communicate with the public prior to, during and following an emergency.
Aim: To enable participants to develop a strategy to meet the Civil Contingencies Act duties to raise public awareness and to warn and inform the public, prior to, during and following an emergency.
Objectives: By the end of the event delegates will be able to:
Describe the Civil Contingencies Act duties to (a) raise public awareness of risks and (b) warn and inform the public in the event of an emergency.
Identify linkages to other duties in the development of strategies and processes for informing communities.
Evaluate strategies and processes for advising, warning and informing communities.
Identify the information needs of various communities, and evaluate options to meet those needs.
Establish barriers to effective advising, warning and informing and evaluate options to tackle them.
Developing appropriate training & exercising to meet the requirements of the Act.
Pre-Requisites: Participants will usually have attended the Introduction to Civil Protection (ICP) course for a foundation in the Civil Contingencies Act and Integrated Emergency Management. However, delegates with appropriate experience should consult the attendance policy for information on exemption from ICP.
Dates & Rates:
18-20 Feb 2008 Ref: 08A
Rate 1 £658 Rate 2 £527 Rate 3 £249
