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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