Kirklees Major Incident Plan and Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH)
Kirklees Major Incident Plan
The Emergency Planning Team is responsible for the development and maintenance of the
Kirklees Major Incident Plan which details the generic arrangements for responding to emergency incidents in, or close to the Kirklees boundary. Appended to the Major Incident Plan are several specific plans, which detail a response to and recovery from the district's highest rated risks. For example, there is an evacuation-specific plan, which amongst other things provides information and maps to safely evacuate small and large areas.
These are the evacuation maps for Huddersfield and Dewsbury:
We engage with emergency responders in Kirklees through a regular multi-agency group. Amongst other outcomes, this provides assurance that adequate local response mechanisms are in place to work collaboratively in an emergency.
In addition to local planning, we are a stakeholder in the West Yorkshire Resilience Forum and work in partnership with other regional responders to ensure there are adequate regional response mechanisms in place.
Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) sites
These sites in Kirklees must take additional measures to prevent major accidents:
Upper Tier COMAH sites:
There are also a number of lower tier COMAH sites across the district, which are also required to take some additional measures to ensure they can safely operate.