Identifying People Who Are Vulnerable in a Crisis
Guidance for Emergency Planners and Responders
The Pitt Review, on lessons learnt from the summer floods of 2007,
recommended that the guidance to local responders on advice concerning the
definition and identification of vulnerable people, and on planning to
support them in an emergency, should be issued urgently.
As a result, guidance has been published by the Cabinet Office to assist in
the development of local action plans for identifying groups of people who
may be vulnerable in an emergency. The document has been based on current
good practice, and will be reviewed again in Summer 2008, after comments
received have been analysed.
It is primarily intended for those who are involved in local emergency
planning for vulnerable groups and who have key leadership roles in the
care of vulnerable people in an emergency.
