Major Incident
Roles and Responsibilities

Head of Local Authority unit

Role

The Head of Local Authority unitproduces a policy for communicating to the Executive, the Commission, Ministers, devolved administrations and, where relevant, local authorities, reports of major incidents in Local Authority enforced premises.

Responsibilities

Issues and maintains a Local Authority Circular for Local Authorities describing HSE's Major Incident Response arrangements and provides LAU contacts for out-of-hours notifications to the duty officer.

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