Community Resilience Nik Whyte Resilience Team Government Office West Midlands

1. Community ResilienceNik WhyteResilience TeamGovernment Office West Midlands Welcome and IntroductionsWelcome and Introductions

2. Why is it so important? RESPONSE Supporting planning for response Regional structures will consult with both the central and local level to determine which capabilities should be established, and promote the development of these through sub-groups of the Regional Resilience Forum The Resilience Team is not involved in supporting any incident at the Bronze or Silver level, although the team might be informed of any incident if the emergency services feel it has the potential to get larger, or it might gain Ministerial interest. Setting up of a Regional Operations Centre Assisting with recovery � getting the help right Supporting a RCCC Most emergencies in the United Kingdom are handled at a local level by the emergency services and by the appropriate local authority or authorities, with no direct involvement by Central Government. However, where the scale or complexity of an incident is such that some degree of Central Government co-ordination or support becomes necessary, a designated Lead Government Department (LGD), will be made responsible for the overall management of the Central Government response to the incident. RESPONSE Supporting planning for response Regional structures will consult with both the central and local level to determine which capabilities should be established, and promote the development of these through sub-groups of the Regional Resilience Forum The Resilience Team is not involved in supporting any incident at the Bronze or Silver level, although the team might be informed of any incident if the emergency services feel it has the potential to get larger, or it might gain Ministerial interest. Setting up of a Regional Operations Centre Assisting with recovery � getting the help right Supporting a RCCC Most emergencies in the United Kingdom are handled at a local level by the emergency services and by the appropriate local authority or authorities, with no direct involvement by Central Government. However, where the scale or complexity of an incident is such that some degree of Central Government co-ordination or support becomes necessary, a designated Lead Government Department (LGD), will be made responsible for the overall management of the Central Government response to the incident.

3. So�what is it? Communities and individuals harnessing local resources and expertise to help themselves in an emergency, in a way that complements the response of the emergency services

4. What�s out there to help you?

5. Who supports you? Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Category 1 & 2 �Responders� West Midlands is split into 4 Local Resilience Forums (LRF) Cat 1 & 2s here today to talk you through their role, how you can support them and how to be better prepared yourself�. Its overall purpose is to ensure that there is an appropriate level of preparedness to enable an effective multi-agency response to emergencies which may have a significant impact on the communities of the west midlandsIts overall purpose is to ensure that there is an appropriate level of preparedness to enable an effective multi-agency response to emergencies which may have a significant impact on the communities of the west midlands

6. Want to find out more? http://www.westmerciaprepared.org/ http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ukresilience/communityresilience.aspx http://www.schoolemergencies.info/ http://www.direct.gov.uk/preparingforemergencies http://www.informedprepared.eu/ http://www.informedprepared.eu/ http://www.crucial-crew.org/