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When a major incident (for example a rail or aeroplane crash, or a motorway chemical spillage) occurs a multi-agency response is required which involves emergency, hospital, local authority and other related services. In Hertfordshire the co-ordination of this approach is performed through the Hertfordshire Emergency Services Major Incident Committee (HESMIC).
If there is a requirement for clergy to be involved, the County Council will call on our diocesan response.
The procedure and framework in place for our response is organised by the Convenors for the Clergy Accident Teams for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. This is based on a plan drawn up by the Convenors together with the County Council, and based on an organised call out of Clergy Accident Teams. For Hertfordshire Clergy the Civil Emergency and Disaster Plan on a yellow sheet (see I11) has been distributed via the bundle and should be held by all the clergy.
It is most important that clergy do not try to attend the scene of a major incident unless directed to do so as part of this procedure and plan.
The names of the Convenors for the Clergy Accident Teams can be found in the Diocesan Directory at the end of the section on Diocesan Officials.
March 2006
