Emergency Control Centres Sample Clauses

Emergency Control Centres. Suffolk local authorities will maintain Emergency Control Centres, to be established during an emergency on a 24-hour basis and to provide a focal point for the authority’s response, as follows: • Suffolk County Council • West Suffolk Council • Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils • Ipswich Borough Council • East Suffolk Council Each Emergency Control Centre will be self-sufficient in terms of core staffing for 24 hours (3 x 8 Hour Shifts).Staff per shift: • Tactical Manager/Management • ECC Manager • 4 Staff • 4 Directorate Liaison Officers (County only) The Unit will seek to provide the 1st Shift Tactical Manager or ECC Manager for establishing the ECC. In order to ensure surety of response to an emergency or the potential for the protracted nature of an incident, a 50% redundancy is incorporated into the trained staff requirement. As a consequence, there is a requirement for a total of 27 trained staff for each Emergency Control Centre. • 5 trained ECC managers • 4 trained Tactical Managers • 18 trained ECC staff • 18 Directorate Liaison Officers (County only)