Emergency planning

The Council is responsible for preparing and maintaining a contingency plan which will enable us to provide a fast, efficient, effective and caring response to any civil emergency, major incident or other crisis.

We participate in working groups aimed at improving the coordinated response to major incidents, including Wiltshire County Council, other local authorities, the emergency services, voluntary agencies, major utilities and government departments.

Useful Links

Wiltshire & Swindon Local Resillience Forum (LRF)

The Local Resilience Forum was established in June 2004 as a requirement of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA) and they replaced the previously existing Major Incident Co ordinating Group.  They have produced a Community Risk Register which is available to download by following the link above.

Wiltshire County Council
Wiltshire County Council has a dedicated Emergency Planning Unit which provides a 24/7 Duty Officer cover, who acts as the first point of contact for the emergency services in the event of an incident.

UK Resilience
This site is run by the Cabinet Office's Civil Contingencies Secretariat, and it's a source of public information during events of national importance, as well as emergency planning and advice.

Environment Agency - Floodwarnings
The Environment Agency is now able to provide flood warnings online 24 hours a day. The information is updated every 15 minutes. From this page you can view warnings in force in each of our eight regions covering England and Wales. You can also search for your local area and its current warning status using the panel on the right.

Department of Health
The Emergency Planning Coordination Unit (EPCU) is responsible for the coordination of contingency planning to maintain the state of readiness of the National Health Service to respond to major incidents.

Met Office
This site has up to date weather information and also provides UK Severe Weather Warnings.