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Emergencies can happen at any time. Most can be dealt with by the ‘emergency services’ – Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance. However, some emergencies are so large, have such an impact or are so long-running that other organisations such as Warwick District Council need to be involved in the response; for example widespread flooding or flash flooding, major transport accidents, animal health diseases and major fires.
These major emergencies are rare but it is important that we are prepared for them. The Council’s emergency planning service works hard to make sure that the disruption caused to residents would be kept to a minimum if the worst ever happened. Some of our main roles include:
- Making sure our services continue to run as well as possible.
- Arranging accommodation for people made temporarily homeless by an emergency.
- Providing information and advice to the public.
- Assisting other organisations in their response
The Council’s work in this area is governed by legislation – the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA).
An emergency as defined by the CCA is:
“An event or situation which threatens serious damage to human welfare in a place in the UK, the environment of a place in the UK, or war or terrorism which threatens serious damage to the security of the UK. “
The CCA requires Warwick District Council to undertake seven duties, these are:
- Assess risk
- Create emergency plans
- Communicate with the public
- Co-operate with other responding organisations
- Share information with other agencies
- Make our own business continuity arrangements
- Promote business continuity to local businesses
The following pages listed here aim to give you more information about the work we do and how you might prepare yourself for emergencies. You can also access the Emergency Planning Policy to find more specific information on the Council’s preparedness and planning work.
For more information about what we are doing in Emergency Planning, please contact:
Community Protection via the Customer Service Centre Switchboard on 01926 410 410
At:
Community Protection,
Warwick District Council,
Riverside House,
Milverton Hill,
Royal Leamington Spa,
CV32 5HZ
Or:
community.protection@warwickdc.gov.uk
The District Council works closely with Warwickshire County Council and more information and advice on Emergency Planning and links to other useful websites can be found by visiting the Emergency Planning Unit website at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/999
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