Major Incident
Roles and Responsibilities

Inspector line manager

Responsibilities

The line manager of the first officer to be despatched to the scene:

• considers whether there is sufficient information about the incident
• informs the emergency services of the intention to deploy an inspector
• discusses any initial health and safety issues/instructions with inspector
• considers HSC/E’s policy on enforcement priorities
• alerts the originator of the intial notification of the proposed attendance of an inspector and their likely estimated time of arrival
• discusses with the inspector the initial objectives to be achieved and further information to be gathered
• identifies reporting arrangements

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