3 Based on the triggers, as identified above,
concise information must be gathered and brought to the attention
of relevant persons. The level of detail is low. A series of topics
is provided as a guideline, as outlined below:
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.1 Incident information
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.1 description of the scale and nature of incident
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.2 public and responder health and safety implications
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.3 environmental impact
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.4 identified risks arising from the incident
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.5 measures taken
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.6 responsibilities and legal implications
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.2 National and transboundary implications
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.1 scale of, or impact from, the incident
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.2 national and international co-operation
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.3 magnitude of socio-economic impact
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.3 Media attention
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.1 press releases and public information
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.2 description of size of media involvement
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.3 governmental considerations
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.4 policy decisions in relation to media attention
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.5 level of presentation (operational/strategic/political)
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.4 Budgetary consequences
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.1 liability of parties involved in the incident
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.2 national costs with regard to response measures
(estimation of costs)
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.3 costs with regard to monitoring/restoration
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.4 claim management
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.5 humanitarian aid, including emergency funding
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.5 Related issues
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.1 stakeholders interests: governmental, commercial,
NGOs, local community and others
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.2 legislative and regulatory implications
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.3 requirement for formal environmental impact
assessment
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.4 potential for future research and development
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.5 impacts of international conventions
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.6 Networking
Driven by the various aspects of the evolving incident and response
measures, a certain kind of “silent diplomacy” could be
helpful in arranging for things required to handle the incident. Specific
contacts or meetings could be useful to focus parties on avoiding
further damage or undo damage caused.
4 The incident management should bring these aspects
to the level concerned for consideration.