Emergencies who does what

You know that by dialling 999 our emergency services will respond but do you know what they do when they arrive at the scene of a major incident? Do you know what your council is responsible for?

Are you aware of other agencies that often lend assistance?

Women's Royal Voluntary Service

• Rest centre operations
• Emergency feeding
• Welfare support

Armed forces

Individual circumstances of a major incident may require specialist help in dealing with particular circumstances (for example: disease control, terrorism, bomb).

St John Ambulance

• Support to ambulance service
• Care of the injured

Red Cross

• Help for evacuees

Samaritans and other groups

• Provision of skilled medical help at the scene of an incident
• Care of injured during transportation to hospital