Major Incident

Additional Guidance

• HSC/E arrangements for assuring independence in major incident investigation.
• Management Arrangements
• HSE Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Incident response pack
• Criteria for testing major incident response arrangements
• Definition of major incident
• Urgent HSE attendance
• Map grid references
• Holding statements for the media
• Use of prohibition notices against the emergency services
• Terms of reference: Policy and procedure review
• HSE major incident room (incl mobile major incident room and call out procedure)
• Technical support
• Contacting HSL
• HSE Press Office and the Government News Network (GNN)
• Key decision log
• Investigation report