Recovery

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Recovery

• Kathy Settle
• Head of Regional Resilience

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Why is the Recovery Phase important?
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Repairs to Domestic Properties Displaced
Communities

• Carlisle Floods, 8 January 2005
• Approx 1934 properties flooded.  Those made
  homeless were out of their homes for an extended
  timescale
• 50 back after 9 months
• 70 after 12 months
• 90 after 18 months
• 20-30 properties still not reoccupied after 24
  months.
• Summer 2007 flooding
• There were approximately 31,200 residential
  properties  3,530 business flooded (Pitt Review
  Report)

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Economy Business Recovery

• Explosion Fire at Buncefield Oil Terminal, 11
  Dec 2005
• Over 16,000 employees within the adjacent
  Maylands Industrial Area were unable to access
  work 92 businesses were displaced for more than
  one week. 17 were forced to permanently relocate.
  Overall, the explosion cost local businesses
  more than 70 million in lost stock, lost revenue
  relocation expenses.
• Summer 2007 flooding
• Insurers have handled 165,000 claims, arranged
  temporary accommodation for 15,000 customers,
  will pay out over 3 billion. (ABI December 07)

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Financial Impact on Local Authorities

• Explosion Fire at Buncefield Oil Terminal, 11
  Dec 2005
• It was estimated that dealing with this incident
  cost the emergency services local authorities
  in the region of 7m. Costs to Dacorum Borough
  Council were estimated to be in the region of
  500,000, including over 14,000 on housing
  repairs. Initial costs to Hertfordshire County
  Council, which included damage associated with
  the road infrastructure, were over 2m.

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Dealing with Waste Clean Up

• Sea Empress Oil Spill, 15 February 1996
• On 15 February 1996, the Sea Empress, a 147,000
  tonne tanker bringing crude oil to Milford Haven
  in south-west Wales, ran aground , over the
  following week, released 72,000 tonnes of crude
  oil 480 tonnes of fuel oil into the sea. 
• Lewes flooding, Thursday 12 October 2000
• 500 skips for removal of flood damaged household
  effects in first three weeks at a cost of 80,000.

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Dealing with Waste Clean Up

• Carlisle Floods, 8 January 2005
• 8 - 21 January 124 City Council employees worked
  5,832 hours on street cleaning
• 11 - 27 January (in addition to normal refuse
  collections), collected 400 tonnes of freezer
  waste
• 2,800 tonnes of damaged household goods collected
  
• 5,000 fridges, freezers, cookers washing
  machines collected

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Historic Environment

• Boscastle Flooding, 16 August 2004
• Some 20 Grade II listed buildings were affected
  to varying degrees.
• Summer 2007 Flooding
• National Trust (NT) properties across 5 regions
  were affected including Calke Abbey, Fountains
  Abbey, Hughenden, Charlecote Park, Coughton
  Court, The Vyne Hidcote. The Buscot Coleshill
  estate suffered the most serious flooding
  impacts, affecting around 50 cottages houses.

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Recovery

• Growing area of political, media public
  interest
• Need to pre-plan for Recovery as much as we do
  for Response
• Supporting the community to recover for
  themselves do with not do to
• Response v Recovery v Regeneration
• National Recovery Guidance launched in October
  2007

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National Recovery Guidance

• Web-based Guidance published 31 October 07
• Recovery Plan Guidance Template
• LRF v LA level multi-agency planning
• How where local responders can obtain
  assistance or advice - 38 Topic Sheets
• Case Studies from incidents exercises (70)
• http//www.ukresilience.info/response/recovery_gui
  dance.aspx

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Recovery Co-ordinating Group (RCG)

• Strategic decision making body for recovery phase
  
• Should be set up early, working in parallel with,
  reporting into, the Strategic Co-ordinating
  Group until handover
• Establish RCG Sub-Groups as needed suggestions
  ToR in Recovery Plan Guidance Template
• Wide area catastrophic incidents may require
  co-ordination at regional level via Regional
  Civil Contingencies Committee

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Recovery Structures - Example
Recovery Co-ordinating Group (RCG)
Business Economic Recovery
Communications (Media / PR)
Health Welfare
Finance Legal
Environment Infrastructure (incl. clean up)
Science Technical Advisory Cell
Community Recovery Committee
Need to be inclusive
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Recovery Strategy Objectives

• Establish at start of recovery process review,
  eg.
• Return to business as normal as soon as
  possible
• Restore all affected areas to an agreed standard
• Bring utilities transport networks fully back
  into use
• Proactive integrated framework of support to
  businesses
• Proactive information media management
• Involve the community fully in the process
• Establish protocols for political involvement

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Recovery Targets

• Establish at start of recovery process review,
  eg.
• Demands on public services returned to normal
  levels
• Utilities are fully functional
• Transport infrastructure is running normally
• Local businesses are trading normally
• Tourism in the area has been re-established
• Key Develop in partnership with the community

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Components of Recovery
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Topic Sheets Generic (Examples)

• Recovery structures processes
• Training exercising
• Mutual aid
• Working with the media
• VIP visits involvement
• Impact on Local Authority performance targets
• Inquiries
• Investigations prosecutions
• Coroners inquests
• Recovery evaluation lessons identified

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Topic Sheets Humanitarian Assistance (Examples)

• Needs of people - health non-health
• Financial support for individuals
• Displaced communities
• Community engagement
• Community cohesion
• Foreign nationals
• UK residents affected by overseas emergencies
• Non-resident UK nationals returning from overseas
  emergencies
• Commemoration

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Topic Sheets Economic

• Economic business recovery
• Financial impact on Local Authorities

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Topic Sheets Infrastructure

• Access to security of sites
• Utilities
• Transport
• Repairs to domestic properties
• Dealing with insurance issues
• Historic environment
• Site clearance
• Damaged school buildings

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Topic Sheets Environmental

• Environmental pollution decontamination
• Dealing with waste
• Animal health welfare

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Next Steps for Government

• Updating Central Government Arrangements for
  Responding to an Emergency Concept of
  Operations (CONOPs) to fully reflect Recovery
  Phase
• Recovery confirmed as a Functional Workstream
• Confirming Lead Government Departments
• LGD for Recovery during planning phase CCS
• LGD for Recovery Phase of an emergency varies
  depending on scenario
• Filling gaps in recovery capability
• Review of CCA Emergency Response Recovery

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Next Steps for LRFs / LAs (1)

• Do you have a multi-agency Recovery Plan in place
  covering
• Handover from Response to Recovery
• Multi-agency Recovery structures
• Roles responsibilities
• How to co-ordinate across boundaries
• Recovery evaluation lessons learned processes?
• Use the Recovery Plan Guidance Template to help
  you if not

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Next Steps for LRFs / LAs (2)

• Have you identified your likely recovery issues
  based on your Community Risk Register? See the
  National Recovery Guidance Topic Sheets for ideas
• Are people trained on the Plan?
• When was the Plan last exercised?
• When was the Plan last reviewed?

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Further Information / Questions

• Kathy Settle
• Regional Resilience Team, GONW
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail kathy.settle_at_gonw.gsi.gov.uk
• James Driver
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail james.driver_at_cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk