National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005

  • revoked
  • National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005: revoked, on 1 December 2015, by clause 5 of the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015 (LI 2015/140).
57 Professional development

(1)

The capability and capacity of the civil defence emergency management sector to perform appropriately in a civil defence emergency relies on an integrated, broad network of understandings, skills, and relationships. In the civil defence emergency management context, professional development is the process of developing people to perform appropriately together under potentially high levels of stress. It encompasses recruitment, selection, learning, support, and performance review functions appropriate for the civil defence emergency management setting.

(2)

Co-ordinated civil defence emergency management professional development opportunities should be an integral part of key civil defence emergency management roles, including (but not limited to)—

(a)

controllers (national, group, and local); and

(b)

recovery co-ordinators, recovery facilitators, and recovery managers; and

(c)

CIMS response co-ordinators and incident controllers; and

(d)

emergency management staff within councils; and

(e)

EOC and NCMC co-ordination, operations, intelligence, planning, logistics, welfare, and liaison staff; and

(f)

governance, executive, and senior management staff of local authorities; and

(g)

other staff or contractors associated with local authorities who fulfil roles required in civil defence emergencies; and

(h)

regional office staff of central government agencies, as part of their civil defence emergency management responsibilities; and

(i)

management, staff, and volunteers from emergency services; and

(j)

management, staff, and volunteers from community service and welfare agencies who have a role to play in civil defence emergencies.