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Ten Step Cycle for civil contingency practitioners published
The new guidance will help local resilience forums implement their duty to communicate with the public, as per the Civil Contingencies Act (2004)
The Ten Step Cycle has been designed by practitioners, for practitioners to help your LRF (local resilience forum) implement the Communicating with the Public duty, as laid down in the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).
The CCA states that Category 1 responders should:
- maintain arrangements to warn, and provide information and advice to, the public if an emergency is likely to occur or has occurred;
- put in place arrangements to make information available to the public about civil protection matters.
The Ten Step Cycle1 has been designed by practitioners from the National Steering Committeee for Warning and Informing the Public (NSCWIP) in conjunction with the Practioners' Group on Warning and Informing the Public led by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS).
It is currently being road-tested by a number of LRFs, with feedback helping to fine-tune the process.
The Ten Step Cycle can be accessed here, or downloaded below.
