Emergency preparation, response and recovery

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Services

1. Find your local health protection team in England

   Get support from your local health protection team (HPT) to prevent and reduce the effect of diseases and chemical and radiation hazards

2. Report a marine accident

   Report a marine accident by calling the MAIB reporting line on +44 (0)23 8023 2527 and then completing the accident report form.

3. Form C18: Supplement for an application for a Recovery Order

   Form C18: Supplement for an application for a Recovery Order.

4. Report an accident or incident

   Use form RAIB N1 to report details of an accident or incident involving railway staff

5. National security vetting

   The Cerberus e-veting system will deliver a faster, more effective and efficient national security vetting system.

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Guidance and regulation

1. National security vetting: advice for people who are being vetted
   • Guidance
   • 25 May 2018
   • Cabinet Office and Government Security Profession
2. Household appliances recalled due to fire risk
   • Notice
   • 28 February 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Office for Product Safety and Standards
3. Government baseline personnel security standard
   • Guidance
   • 11 June 2018
   • Cabinet Office, National security and intelligence, and Government Security Profession
4. Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist
   • Guidance
   • 5 June 2006
   • Home Office
5. Fire safety risk assessment: offices and shops
   • Guidance
   • 5 June 2006
   • Home Office

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News and communications

5 September 2019 — News story

Sprinkler review for high-rise homes

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. Letter to the Grenfell Recovery Taskforce: 17 July 2019
   • 17 July 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
2. Government Minister praises Inverness Coastguard during visit
   • 12 July 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Press release
3. Update letter to residents on developments in response to the Grenfell Tower fire: 10 June 2019
   • 11 June 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
4. Letter to residents on developments in response to the Grenfell Tower fire: 7 June 2019
   • 7 June 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

1. Fire statistics guidance
   • 12 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
2. Fire statistics incident level datasets
   • 12 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
3. Detailed analysis of fires attended by fire and rescue services, England, April 2018 to March 2019
   • 12 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
4. Fire statistics data tables
   • 12 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
5. FIRE0511: previous data tables
   • 12 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats
   • 5 September 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 28 November 2019
2. Working with communities: implementing geological disposal
   • 27 June 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 19 April 2018
3. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: call for evidence
   • 6 June 2019
   • Home Office
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 31 July 2019
4. National flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England
   • 6 August 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper
5. Sector Security and Resilience Plans 2018: summary
   • 22 March 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Radioactive Waste Management: Organisation Chart
   • 29 July 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency
2. Regulatory Interface Management (RIM) group
   • 29 June 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
3. Generic Disposal System Safety Case for a Geological Disposal Facility: disposal system specification
   • 18 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
4. UK-PHRST 4-year strategic framework: 2018 to 2021
   • 18 December 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England
   • Corporate report
5. Annual Report for 2017 on the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996
   • 15 November 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Home Office
3. Ministry of Defence
4. Cabinet Office
5. Public Health England

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1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
3. CFRA
4. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
7. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
8. National security and intelligence
9. Department for Transport
10. Marine Management Organisation
11. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
12. Government Security Profession
13. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
14. HM Treasury
15. Department for Work & Pensions
16. Certification Officer
17. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
18. Northern Ireland Office
19. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
20. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
21. Ministry of Justice
22. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
23. Defence Safety Authority
24. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
25. Department for International Development
26. Government Office for Science
27. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
28. Animal & Plant Health Agency
29. Attorney General's Office
30. Border Force
31. Government Actuary's Department
32. Government Legal Department
33. HM Revenue & Customs
34. Office for Product Safety & Standards
35. Office of Manpower Economics
36. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
37. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
38. Review Body on Senior Salaries
39. UK Export Finance
40. Valuation Office Agency

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
2. Environment Agency
3. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
4. Radioactive Waste Management
5. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
9. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
10. Defence Equipment and Support
11. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
12. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
13. Ofsted
14. Innovate UK
15. Dounreay
16. Magnox Ltd
17. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
18. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
19. Single Source Regulations Office
20. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
21. Animals in Science Committee
22. Biometrics Commissioner
23. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
24. Low Pay Commission
25. Social Security Advisory Committee
26. UK Hydrographic Office

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