{{Short description|Command hierarchy used by UK emergency services}} {{Use British English|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {| align="right" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" | style="background:gold;"| Gold | Strategic |- | style="background:silver;"| Silver | Tactical |- | style="background: #b8860b;" | Bronze |Operational |} A '''gold–silver–bronze command structure''' is a command hierarchy used for major operations by the emergency services of the United Kingdom.

Some practitioners use the term '''strategic–tactical–operational command structure''' instead, but the different categories are equivalent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leslp.gov.uk/ |title=London Emergency Services Liaison Panel: Major Incident Procedure Manual 8th ed (accessed 5 Dec 2014) |access-date=2005-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808215238/http://www.leslp.gov.uk/ |archive-date=2009-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In some cases, the national government (via the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) will assume ultimate control and act as a "platinum" level.<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management|publisher=Taylor & Francis Books|author=Alejandro López-Carresi|editor1=Ben Wisner|editor2=J.C. Gaillard|editor3=Ilan Kelman|location=Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK|year=2012|page=509|chapter=42|isbn=978-0-415-59065-5}} Viewed 21 February 2018.</ref>

The effectiveness of elements of interoperability and communications with this structure have been called into question by the Pollock Report of 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jesip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Pollock-Review-Oct-2013.pdf |title=Emergency Planning College Occasional Papers New Series Number 6 |access-date=2014-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217075142/http://www.jesip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Pollock-Review-Oct-2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-17 }}</ref>{{psi|date=November 2025}}

==See also== * Emergency management * Incident command system * Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * Wiltshire Police: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050508045336/http://www.wiltshire.police.uk/mip/commandstr.asp Major incident planning: Command structure] * London Emergency Services Liaison Panel: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090808215238/http://www.leslp.gov.uk/ LESLP] * Suffolk County Council: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204035900/http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/fire_service/emergency_plans/calor.html Control of major accident hazards] * Government Office for the South East: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060116203205/http://www.go-se.gov.uk/gose/prepForEmergencies/response/?a=42496 Preparing for Emergencies – Response] * Government Office for the South East: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060929213002/http://www.go-se.gov.uk/gose/prepForEmergencies/prepForEmergenciesNatPic/responseNatPic/ Response: the National Picture] * Emergency Management Portal: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170105151758/http://www.emergencymanagement.org.uk/ Online resources for UK emergency managers]

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