Appendix E: Stakeholders for wildfire planning
Updated 13 March 2019
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1. Appendix E: Stakeholders for wildfire planning
In order to inform a project or EIA opinion (or consent), the following stakeholder organisations and groups should be considered when seeking views and gathering evidence:
- Fire and Rescue Services (who are acting on behalf of the Fire and Rescue Authority)
- Local Authority/s (the Emergency Planning Officer) who will advise on their 鈥楥ommunity Risk Register鈥�, which will define the level of wildfire risk and state control measures
- Representatives of Local Wildfire Groups, where they exist
- Adjacent landowners and/or land managers, including tenants
- Adjacent residential and business property owners
- Owners of national infrastructure or other assets that could be adversely impacted upon by a wildfire from/to the site (e.g. Highways England, Utility Companies, Airport companies, National Health Service, Network Rail, etc.)
- Representative/s of the Local Resilience Forums, defined by its chairperson, using their Community Risk Register to define wildfire risk and control measures in hazard 鈥楬58 Severe Wildfire鈥�. Not all LRFs hold information on wildfire