Role

Highways England leads the resolution of incidents on the strategic road network to keep traffic moving by:

• Keeping road users moving safely through helpful, accurate and timely information.
• Providing appropriate traffic management.
• Efficiently restoring the strategic road network capacity through incident management.

Responsibilities

• Working with partners to restore safe use of the carriageway as soon as possible.
• Traffic management at the inner cordon (the scene).
• Traffic management at the outer cordon including the approach to the incident and wider national/ regional intervention across the strategic road network.
• The implementation of diversion routes (in collaboration with Highways England maintenance contractors and local highways authorities)
• Co-ordinating the emergency response with the other core responders and supporting the lead agency
• Scene clearance following collaboration with emergency services if present
• Assessing, planning and implementing the restoration of:

1. The carriageway for safe use
2. Infrastructure at the scene including declaration of the asset as being of a standard safe for use.

Role

The Police will lead the response within resolution of incidents on the strategic road network which involve:

• Death or injury including collisions and suicides.
• Suspected, alleged or anticipated criminality.
• Threats to public order and public safety.
• Occurrences where the powers in law or skills of a constable are required.

Responsibilities

• Working with other agencies including Highways England to create a safe and sterile rescue and work environment.
• Preserving the life of those present
• Preventing escalation
• Co-ordinating the emergency response with the other core responders and supporting agencies
• Securing, protecting and preserving the scene, maintaining control and ensuring the integrity of the scene for any subsequent investigation where necessary
• Acting on behalf of HM Coroner
• Investigating the incident in a timely fashion – this includes obtaining and securing evidence in conjunction with other investigatory bodies (where applicable)
• Handing over the scene or sections of the overall scene to Highways England as soon as practicable
• Working with partners to restore safe use of the carriageway as soon as possible
• Being mindful at all times of the economic pressures surrounding protracted road closures

Role

The Fire Services support incident resolution by:

• Extinguishing fires and protecting life and property
• Rescuing people from a fire and its consequences including a range of other hazards and road traffic collisions

Responsibilities

• Save life through search and rescue
• Rescue people trapped in road traffic collisions and emergencies
• Extinguish fires and protect life and property in the event of fires
• Respond to, contain, mitigate effects and prevent further escalation of incidents involving
• hazardous materialsand loads including radioactive substances
• Assist with casualty handling
• Assist with casualty handling
• Undertake body recovery if it is in a dangerous position, such as road traffic collisions which are only accessible by FRS equipment
• Ensure the health and safety of persons within the inner cordon
• Conduct mass de-contamination when required

Role

The Ambulance Services support incident resolution by:

• Ensuring the initial health needs of those people who become ill or injured whilst travelling
• on the network are met
• Initiating and seamlessly delivering rapid assessment, response and where required
• treatment of those individuals involved.

Responsibilities

• Save life together with the other emergency services
• Accurately assess and triage calls received to incidents
• Protect the health, safety and welfare of ambulance staff as far as is reasonably practicable
• Provide triage, treatment, stabilisation and care of those injured at the scene
• Treat those involved as individuals and respond to their needs as such
• Arrange the most appropriate means of transporting those injured to the receiving and specialist hospitals (involving use of Helimed when required)
• Provide a focal point at the incident for all National Health Service (NHS) and other medical resources
• Where required, nominate and alert the receiving hospitals to receive those injured
• Act as a portal into the wider health services including specialist health advice when required
• Responsible for decontamination of casualties in a Hazmat or chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incident