Police support in an emergency

• Overall co-ordination of the emergency services
• Life saving in conjunction with other emergency services
• Providing inner and outer cordons around the incident scene
• Traffic control
• Setting up and staffing a casualty bureau
• Identifying fatalities on behalf of HM Coroner
• Maintaining order and preventing crime
• Managing the media
• Investigating the cause of the incident
• Setting up a temporary mortuary facility
• Protection and preservation of scene of crime activities/investigation
• Restoration of normality