Emergency Preparedness
Integrated emergency management (IEM) comprises six related activities:
anticipation, assessment, prevention, preparation, response and recovery.
This section of UK Resilience contains information about the first four of
those activities. These can be described as the pre-emergency elements of
IEM.
This section is broken down into key disciplines and activities. Some of
these mirror the duties under the Civil Contingencies Act. Others describe
organisational arrangements which underpin emergency preparedness in the
UK.
Civil Contingencies Act
The definitive guide to the Act, a source of all the relevant material and
the best way in which to keep abreast of developments.
UK Government
Planning arrangements in place at the UK level, including the Capabilities
programme.
Devolved Administrations
Structures and work programmes in place in each of the devolved
administrations, and links to each administration's own website.
English Regions
Regional resilience work, and links to each region's own website.
Co-operation
Structures in place at the local level, including details of local
resilience forums in every area.
Information Sharing
The mechanisms by which information is shared between responders, and
further generic material on key Category 2 responders.
Risk
The national framework for assessing risk, plus additional guidance and
best practice.
Business Continuity
Best practice advice on business continuity, both for organisations covered
by the Civil Contingencies Act and those which are not.
Emergency Planning
How to develop and maintain emergency plans.
Warning and Informing the Public
Advice on how to put in place arrangements for warning the public and
business, and information for organisations which seek to access that
advice.
Exercises
Support and advice on planning and running exercises, along with details of
the national exercise programme.
Training
Information on how to manage training needs, including links to the
Emergency Planning College.
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