Community Resilience
Emergencies happen. In the last few years, Cumbria has experienced severe winter weather, flooding, travel disruption, fuel shortages, animal diseases, and a pandemic flu outbreak. Challenges like these affect us all in going about our daily lives, and every community has a different reason for wanting to plan to get through them.
The good news is that how communities organise themselves to prepare for emergencies can make a big difference by coming together to support each other.
At the heart of how communities get through emergencies is how 'resilient' they are - this means how well they can use their strengths to:
The good news is that how communities organise themselves to prepare for emergencies can make a big difference by coming together to support each other.
At the heart of how communities get through emergencies is how 'resilient' they are - this means how well they can use their strengths to:
- prepare for
- respond to
- recover from emergencies
More resilient communities:
- are aware of risks that may affect them and how vulnerable they are to them
- use their existing skills, knowledge and resources to prepare for, and deal with, the consequences of emergencies
- work together to complement the work of the local emergency responders before, during and after an emergency
This isn't about doing the job of the emergency services. It's about supporting your community and those in it by making sensible preparations and using the skills and knowledge that the community has.
Community Planning
Action With Communities in Cumbria (ACT) have produced a number of resources to help communities organise themselves and plan for emergencies.
Links:
Key contact: ACT
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01228 817 224
Or write to: Offices O – Q, Skirsgill Business Park, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0FA
Web: www.cumbriaaction.org.uk
Links:
- Community Emergency Planning - Having the Conversation guidance
- Guidance and Template Plan for Smaller Communities
- Template Plan for Smaller Communities (Word version for use)
- Full 10 Step Community Emergency Planning Toolkit, and Summary Poster
- Full Community Emergency Planning Template (North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum)
- Household Emergency Planning leaflet (view on screen)
- Household Emergency Planning leaflet (to print A4)
Key contact: ACT
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01228 817 224
Or write to: Offices O – Q, Skirsgill Business Park, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0FA
Web: www.cumbriaaction.org.uk