Emergency Planning
What is this Community Emergency Plan?
A Community Emergency Plan documents how a community would respond to an emergency situation e.g. while awaiting the assistance of statutory authorities /Emergency Services, or in support of them.
The floods of 2007 and the heavy snows of February 2009 caused disruption across Gloucestershire and made us think about how prepared we were for any emergency. Communities are therefore being encouraged to produce their own Emergency Plan so that they can be prepared, know what to do, and then be able to bounce back.
Why have a Community Emergency Plan?
It will:
- Allow the community to be prepared to cope on its own if statutory authorities or Emergency Services are not immediately available
- Help make individuals aware of what they can do in advance to reduce risk
- Link up all the local knowledge, facilities and people so that an emergency has less impact on your community and so that people are less likely to suffer injury/damage
- Organise people to work together with statutory authorities safely and effectively and to take instructions from Emergency Services
- Include people, raise their awareness, and help to support others
GRCC has a toolkit to help, see here (1.75mb) or contact Marilyn Cox at GRCC on 01452 528491 or email marilync@grcc.org.uk