WELCOME  WELCOME  ROTHER and WEALDEN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  HEALTH AND SAFETY  23 SEPTEMBER 2015

 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  Preventing disease  Health supportive environments  Food Hygiene  Health and Safety  Licensing  Pollution  UNA KANE

 Long and honourable tradition  Local authorities and Environmental Health  Was known as Public Health  Medical Officer of Health  In early 1700s smallpox major issue in Sussex  Elected members made decisions to control the spread of disease and adulteration of food  In 19 th and 20 th Century made decisions on house clearance and introduction of sewerage disposal FOOD SAFETY & LICENSING TEAM

 Shared service of Rother and Wealden for Environmental Health; Food and Safety; Pollution and Licensing  Public Health now part of East Sussex County Council  Public Health England makes decisions on outbreaks  Complaints about sewage,poor housing and adulterated food still investigated  Notifiable diseases and accidents reported to Wealden DC FOOD SAFETY & LICENSING TEAM

Further…

 Health and Safety Executive  Local Service Plan to national priorities  alth_and_Safety.aspx alth_and_Safety.aspx  Public Safety at Bonfire events  Risk to children at animal visitor attractions  Safety of holiday caravan sites  Accidents and complaints Values

 Bonfires and public safety  Sussex Police and Battle Bonfire 1996  Established a safety group to address the many issues…  No licence required  people on public land or highways  Safety concerns with fireworks, crowd movements and crushing, provision of first aid, road closures safety of young children. Values

 Why are we involved?  Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974  All bonfire societies are limited companies  Who employ fire crews as professional pyro technicians  Enforcing Authority Regulations 1998 A-Z “Street Carnivals/Parties” Events taking place in a closed street fall to the LA.

 Association of Chief Police Officers  Guidance on Public Safety Policy  9/200910UNPSP01.pdf 9/200910UNPSP01.pdf  “The police have no power to ban or regulate public events” Para 1.1  “Responsibility of organisers, owners of the land and LA if event takes place on a road”. Para 1.2  Establish a safety action group of Fire, Ambulance, Highways and Police; LA to chair. Para 2.1

 Dealing with bonfire events in Wealden DC in order of priority as set by Sussex Police.  Safety Action Group meeting  Risk Assessment  Visit on night of event to assess performance.  Debrief with all participants. Future

 Animal Visitor attractions; risks to children from  E.coli and Cryptosporidium  Serious infections; E.coli STEC 0157 life threatening.  HUS and kidney damage.  Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite  Animal to human transmission.   good-hand-hygiene good-hand-hygiene Future

 Visits made to attractions; advise given.  Hot water, soap and means of drying hands  Serious health effect exists; enforcement action must be taken.  Industry Code of Practice  Access to Farms Network; National Trust, NFU, Soil Association, RSPB, Natural England and others. STAKEHOLDERS

 Caravan Holiday Sites  Comply with the standard conditions on safety of gas, electricity, fire, water and security.  Compliance with site licences.  42 Sites within Wealden DC STAKEHOLDERS

Camping with tents CAMPING WITH TENTS Public Health Act 1936 section 269 Licence for camping for more than 60 days or 42 consecutive days per year Standard conditions for Spacing, water, toilets, refuse, electricity and fire.

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