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Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
http://www.acpo.police.uk/
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is an independent,
professionally led strategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and
active partnership with Government and the Association of Police
Authorities, ACPO leads and coordinates the direction and development of
the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of
national need ACPO, on behalf of all chief officers, coordinates the
strategic policing response.
Chief Fire Officers Association
http://www.cfoa.org.uk/cfoa_public/
The Chief Fire Officers' Association is the foremost official
organisation for principal fire officers in the UK. The Chief Fire
Officers' Association was formed in 1974 following local government
re-organisation to allow Principal Fire Officers the ability to meet and
discuss fire related or government influenced matters, with the aim of
reaching a combined understanding of what each UK Fire Brigade needed to
improve operations and training within their Service.
Fireservice (UK Brigades)
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/offcontacts.php
Contact details of each of the Brigades within the UK.
Department for Communities and Local Government, Fire &
Resilience
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1123799
As the government department responsible for fire and rescue services in
England, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has a
target to reduce domestic fire-related deaths by 20% and arson by 10% by 31
March 2010.
We are working with our partners to modernise the Service, so that it is
equipped and skilled to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
UK
Police Service Portal
http://www.police.uk/
This site provides links to Official Police Forces - both
regional and non-regional - and related organisations.
National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit
http://www.netcu.org.uk/default.jsp
The National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit (NETCU) promotes a
coordinated response to domestic extremism by providing tactical advice to
the police service, and information and guidance to industry and government
Ambulance Service Association
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=300032
The Association represents all 34 NHS ambulance services across
England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The public ambulance of
Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar bring our total membership
to 38. The Association is the leading out-of-hospital emergency care
organisation, offering corporate membership to these public sector
ambulance services. This site offers information on our work with
member services as well as offering a valuable resource for those
interested in pursuing a career in the ambulance sector.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-home/
This Agency is responsible throughout the UK for implementing the
Government’s maritime safety policy. That includes co-ordinating search and
rescue at sea through Her Majesty’s Coastguard, and checking that ships
meet UK and international safety rules. We work to prevent the loss of
lives at the coast and at sea, to ensure that ships are safe, and to
prevent coastal pollution Safer Lives, Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas.
We are putting increasing effort into prevention work and a measure of our
success is when accidents do not happen, or where we intervene to minimise
their impact.
Regional Control Centres
http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/229/MapofcontrolroomlocationsPDF42Mb_id1163229.pdf
Civil Nuclear Police
http://www.cnc.police.uk/
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) has a very exclusive role. Positioned
between providing protection for civil nuclear licensed sites and
safe-guarding nuclear materials, nuclear site operators, policing and
nuclear regulators as well as interlinking with Home Office forces, the CNC
has a policing responsibility with a difference
