The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015

An internal emergency plan must include the following information—

(a)the name or position of—

(i)any person authorised to set emergency procedures in motion; and

(ii)the person in charge of and co-ordinating the mitigatory action within the establishment;

(b)the name or position of the person with responsibility for liaising with the local authority responsible for the external emergency plan;

(c)for foreseeable conditions or events which could be significant in bringing about a major accident, a description of the action which should be taken to control the conditions or events and to limit their consequences, including a description of the safety equipment and the resources available;

(d)the arrangements for limiting the risks to persons within the establishment including how warnings are to be given and the actions persons are expected to take on receipt of a warning;

(e)the arrangements for providing early warning of an incident to the local authority responsible for setting the external emergency plan in motion, the type of information which should be contained in an initial warning and the arrangements for the provision of more detailed information as it becomes available;

(f)where necessary, the arrangements for training staff in the duties they will be expected to perform and, as appropriate, co-ordinating this with the emergency services;

(g)the arrangements for providing assistance with mitigatory action outside the establishment.