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The West Yorkshire Emergency Planning Officers' Forum was formed in 1990 and is a non-statutory or regulatory meeting of Emergency Planning Officers within West Yorkshire.

The following agencies/organisations support the Forum:

Metropolitan Councils of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. West Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Fire Service, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (NHS Trust), Environment Agency, Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority and Yorkshire Water.

The main aims of the Forum are:

• To provide professional advice to the Senior Coordinating Group
• To jointly consider National Emergency Planning matters in a West Yorkshire context
• Inter-agency working on exercises, training and planning
• Sharing of lessons learned in incidents, exercises and training
• Sharing best practice

Click to view the agreed definition of a Major Incident as set down in the Association of Chief Police Officers Emergency Procedures Manual and in the Fire Service Major Incident Emergency Procedures Manual.

We plan for emergencies for a number of reasons:

• To ensure the public are cared for in time of unexpected need
• To discharge our statutory duties
• To save time by being prepared for known and unknown hazards