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Message from Chairman of the NSCWIP
The Community Resilience Agenda has certainly moved forward over the last few years, and the NSCWIP welcomes the tremendous work the Cabinet Office through the CCS are doing to progress and recognise much of the work which is conducted at a local level. The CCS Workshops held in Bristol, Manchester and London a couple of years ago were the precursor for this work and I think it was the first time that CCS have directly tried to engage local people to discuss local issues at a national level. The new round of workshops this year will, I am sure also help to inform our profession.
The introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act in November 2004 now seems a long time ago, however is has provided a sound foundation to the work which has been conducted throughout the country. We welcome the work of the CCA Enhancement programme, and are delighted that the CCS has invited NSCWIP to be a member of their Task and Finish Group, which will consider evidence and make proposals for changes to improve the communicating with the public elements of the Act, Regs, and guidance.
NSCWIP is the UK’s primary independent advisory group on warning and informing we do believe we will be representative of many organisations and agencies which form our Committee.
It is now time to introduce myself as the new Chairman of the Committee, Rosanna Briggs; currently I am the Deputy County Emergency Planning Officer for Essex County Council. And have been involved in emergency planning for many years, particularly in the field of warning and informing and European Project work. It gives me great pleasure to take this opportunity to thank Chris Samuel who has worked so hard and enthusiastically on behalf of the NSCWIP and I am delighted he will still remain on the Committee as a Member.
The aim of the NSC is to encourage improvements in the arrangements for warning members of the public of an imminent or actual threat to life, health or property and to inform them of the appropriate action to take.
Members of the NSC agreed that they should adopt the following objectives:
The four groups identified in the action plan were:
This video, produced for the NSCWIP Public Education Group, has been specifically designed for seven to eleven year-old children who are recognised by educational psychologists as being most impressionable for developing safety lessons for life and who can also take their learning to their homes.
The GISITI video and quiz is now also available within Crucial Crew Interactive [external website] for primary school pupils. This website provides computer game versions of several scenarios that typically confront pupils participating in live LASER programmes.
The DVDs are currently available across the counter to delegates at the Emergency Planning College in the Library and Information Centre while the stock lasts.
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