Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation HIDD-61: Improve inter-service communication for major incident declarations via dedicated lines
From Hidden Inquiry — Final Report, published 7 November 1989.
Recommendation
The Emergency Services shall improve communication between them to ensure, in particular, that the declaration of a Major Incident by any service is immediately passed by a dedicated phone line to all other services and acted on by them . Systems shall be checked daily and logged.
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Recommendation made
37.0 years ago