| Gold | Strategic |
| Silver | Tactical |
| Bronze | Operational |
A gold–silver–bronze command structure is a command hierarchy used for major operations by the emergency services of the United Kingdom.
Some practitioners use the term strategic–tactical–operational command structure instead, but the different categories are equivalent. In some cases, the national government (via the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) will assume ultimate control and act as a "platinum" level.
The effectiveness of elements of interoperability and communications with this structure have been called into question by the Pollock Report of 2013.
See also
External links
- Wiltshire Police: Major incident planning: Command structure
- London Emergency Services Liaison Panel: LESLP
- Suffolk County Council: Control of major accident hazards
- Government Office for the South East: Preparing for Emergencies – Response
- Government Office for the South East: Response: the National Picture
- Emergency Management Portal: Online resources for UK emergency managers
References
"London Emergency Services Liaison Panel: Major Incident Procedure Manual 8th ed (accessed 5 Dec 2014)". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2005-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20090808215238/http://www.leslp.gov.uk/ ↩
Alejandro López-Carresi (2012). "42". In Ben Wisner; J.C. Gaillard; Ilan Kelman (eds.). Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Taylor & Francis Books. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-415-59065-5. Viewed 21 February 2018. 978-0-415-59065-5 ↩
"Emergency Planning College Occasional Papers New Series Number 6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217075142/http://www.jesip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Pollock-Review-Oct-2013.pdf ↩