Preparing Scotland: Scottish Guidance on Preparing for Emergencies: Care for people affected by emergencies

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Annex 1 - Outline Care for People Team generic arrangements

A 1.1 The Team's generic arrangements should include:

  • a statement of its partners' endorsement and adoption;
  • arrangements for activation including alerting and standby procedures for all aspects of the Team's activity;
  • the procedure for identifying the Team's leader when alerted;
  • the generic roles and responsibilities of Team members;
  • location(s) of the places from which the Team will work;
  • arrangements for administration of the Team's activities;
  • stand-down procedures;
  • staff welfare policies;
  • maintenance procedures; and
  • validation (exercise) and training programmes for everyone involved in implementing the arrangements.

A 1.2 The Team will be responsible for co-ordinating its members' activity by co-operative working.

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