Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management

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District Environmental health officers have liased with teams on site and concluded there are no air quality issues. A major incident has been declared at Didcot Power Station following the partial collapse of a building.

Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases.He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. Chief Fire Officer David Etheridge said: “Our priorities are to support the families and to ensure the safety of everyone on site working around the clock to resolve this incident. Four children were left with serious injuries, two sustained minor injuries and the driver of the Touran also sustained minor injuries. By testing the plans we can identify any gaps in our thinking or areas for improvement in our planning. As part of the staged incident there were a number of fire appliances located along the High Street outside the College and hoses run from hydrants, with fire service personnel in breathing apparatus travelling back and forth between the College and the appliances.

Firefighters are working under the joint guidance of Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive to ensure operations assist them in identifying the ‎exact cause of this collapse. The Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Nathan Travis, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Services said: “We continue to work with Thames Valley Police to keep families informed of our progress on the site. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. The rescue teams are working under very difficult circumstances, with a structure that is unsafe and with unstable piles of materials from the collapsed building. The information base required to plan for and manage this response has now been collected together into a single user friendly volume, clearly describing the hazards and their management at all stages.Our priority remains to recover those missing but the site remains extremely unstable – both the collapsed structure and the remaining building which has already been primed and cut for demolition. The Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management brings together and integrates the key facts for all those involved in major incident planning and response. Emergency crews are continuing on site overnight and there will be further assessments in the morning. The force has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which it says “is the procedure in these circumstances”. Dust from the collapse covered a considerable area but I would like to reassure the public there were no hazardous materials within the building, we would advise local residents to remain inside, keeping doors and windows closed.