The Scottish Government

SCOTTISH ORGANISATIONS

Scottish Government

• Preparing Scotland
• Responding to emergencies
• Foot and mouth contingency plan

Local Government

A number of local authorities in Scotland carry information about their emergency planning responsibilities on their website. For further information contact your local council, accessible through COSLA

Incidents and monitoring

• Environmental monitoring and impact: the foot and mouth outbreak in Scotland
• Report on contamination of the drinking water supply from Milngavie (Mugdoch) Water Treatment Works, August 2002
• Scottish Executive response to: Lessons to be learned; Royal Society; and Royal Society of Edinburgh Inquiries into Foot and Mouth Disease, November 2002
• Managing Incidents Presenting Actual or Potential Risks to the Public - Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of Incident Control Teams
• Civil Contingencies debate in Parliament on 21 March 2002
• First Minister's statement on 19 March 2003 on the International Situation (Contingency Planning)
• Buncefield Oil Depot fire 2005 - Investigation

SERVICES OPERATING IN SCOTLAND

• Association of Chief Police Officers of Scotland
• British Transport Police
• Scottish Fire Service
• Scottish Fire Services College
• Scottish Ambulance Service
• NHS Scotland
• Health Protection Scotland
• Emergency Planning Society
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (including Floodline)
• Food Standards Agency - Scotland
• Scottish Water
• Water UK
• Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland
• Search and Rescue Dog Association for Southern Scotland
• St Andrew's Ambulance Association (also known as St Andrew's First Aid)
• RNLI
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• The Scottish Continuity Group

UK SITES

• British Red Cross
• Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat
• Home Office - Security
• The National Chemical Emergency Centre
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Nuclear Emergency Liaison Group
• Health Protection Agency - Radiation Protection Board
• Health Protection Agency - Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Hazchem information for UK emergency services
• DEFRA
• DFID

INTERNATIONAL SITES OF INTEREST

• Institute for Safety, Security and Crisis Management, Leiden University
• DRM: World Institute for Disaster Risk Management
• European Crisis Management Academy
• European Commission: civil protection and environmental accidents
• US Food and Drug Administration. Bioterrorism