Emergency Plans
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 requires Local Authorities to prepare, test and validate resilience (emergency) plans. Our booklet outlines the arrangements that have been developed by North Hertfordshire District Council to respond to a major incident.
NHDC Response to an Emergency (352KB) 
North Hertfordshire District Council has its own confidential staff operational Emergency Plan as well as the generic public Emergency Plan booklet.
The staff Emergency Plan has been developed to help the Council respond to any incident that might affect the Authority and is designed to give a clear indication of the roles and responsibilities the Authority will undertake during a major incident. It is based upon a generic Emergency Plan produced by the Local Authority Emergency Plan Working Group. The response by the Council will vary according to the type of incident. To support this plan there are a number of other plans that are specific to pre-identified hazards, including:
- NHDC Staff Emergency Plan Call-Out Arrangements
- Off-Site Plans for Local Airport, Major Pipelines, Pop Concerts
- Support Plans, e.g. Reception Centre Guidance, Media, Communication & Information Guidelines
For security reasons these plans are classed as private and confidential and are not available to the public, but they do exist and provide clear guidance to both NHDC staff and our partners such as the blue light services.
