Environmental Incident data held in Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS)
Details of all environmental incidents that are reported to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) via the environmental incident hotline or by internal NRW staff via the online reporting form are held on the Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS). WIRS in one of NRW's centralised storage databases. It hold information related to but not restricted too, incidents such as; environmental pollution (land, water and air); illegal dumping of waste (including fly-tipping); damage, destruction and removal of sensitive habitats and species; and incidents relating to the increased risk of flooding. Approximately 9000 calls reporting incidents in Wales are received and processed each year. A risk based approach is used to assess response and is proportionate to our ability to take action to prevent or mitigate impact to the environment; NRW's role within the incident: and NRW's professional reputation in influencing the greater public interest. Response time to all major and significant incidents is within 2 hours during office hours and 4 hours outside office hours. Other incidents are assessed based on the risk based approach. As of 2016-03-01, data is recorded and stored on the Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS). Prior to this, between 2013-04-01 to 2016-02-29 data was stored on the National Incident Recording System (NIRS). The system allows user to manage and track the progress of incidents. All pertinent details relating to an incident should be recorded as soon as possible. The data recorded over time relating to incidents can be used to provide management information, determine trends and highlight areas of concern, amongst other uses.
- Identification
- Extent
- Distribution
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- Keywords
- Spatial Reference System
- Content
- Constraints
- Maintenance
- Metadata
Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS117602
- Alternative Title
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- Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS)
- National Incident Recording System (NIRS)
- Achosion o Lygredd Amgylcheddol
- Metadata Language
- English
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Once data for an individual incident in complete, that data is locked and can’t be amended. It can however be extracted in detail/summary formats to be included in reports The system forces users to enter many mandatory fields, though given the wide range on incident types, internal validation is difficult. Reports can be generated to highlight any potential data quality issues Incidents are recorded at a national scale and include information covering: date and time; location; reporter details, key dates and times relating to incident management; pollutants, premises, cause, incident categorisation; and action taken. Incidents are categorised on an impact scale of: Category 1 - major, serious, persistent and or extensive impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 2 - significant impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 3 - minor or minimal impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 4 - no impact.
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
- Format Type and Description
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Database
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- Specification
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Database can be extracted in Excel format
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Database
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Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
- Degree
- false
- Lineage
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Once data for an individual incident in complete, that data is locked and can’t be amended. It can however be extracted in detail/summary formats to be included in reports The system forces users to enter many mandatory fields, though given the wide range on incident types, internal validation is difficult. Reports can be generated to highlight any potential data quality issues Incidents are recorded at a national scale and include information covering: date and time; location; reporter details, key dates and times relating to incident management; pollutants, premises, cause, incident categorisation; and action taken. Incidents are categorised on an impact scale of: Category 1 - major, serious, persistent and or extensive impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 2 - significant impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 3 - minor or minimal impact or effect on the environment, people and/or property; Category 4 - no impact.
Keywords
Keywords
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
Keywords
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NRW SMNR Vocabulary
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- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Coastal Margins (SMNR)
- Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
- Marine (SMNR)
- Waste (SMNR)
- Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR)
- Urban (SMNR)
- Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR)
- Woodlands (SMNR)
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2023-12-27
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
- Other constraints
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Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer.
Use Constraints
- Use constraints type
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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© CNC/NRW NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset.
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313137363032 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-30T14:40:51.145Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0