What is a Major Incident?

Its likely that most of us will never face a major incident. However, tragedies do happen. For example, the Lockerbie air disaster, the Selby rail crash, floods and the terrorist attacks on New York. So we must be prepared.

Causes of major incidents can be:

Natural

• Severe weather
• Flooding
• Landslides
• Earthquakes
• Epidemics
• Heatwaves

Man-made

• Air, rail, waterways and road accidents
• Escape of dangerous chemicals
• Explosions
• Radiation incidents
• Terrorist acts
• Crowd related incidents
• Oil pollution
• Fire and building collapse