Cold weather

Up to the minute information on how the weather is affecting our services.

Emergency planning

During an incident or emergency we will provide support to the emergency services, coordinate our response with other emergency responders (including District Councils), ensure the continuation of our service delivery and coordinate the response of nominated voluntary organisations.

Resilience

Emergency Management and Business Continuity Management are undertaken by the Resilience Team. Our aim is to:

Ensure that we are able to respond swiftly and proportionately to an emergency in the community. This could be any event, incident or situation that threatens serious damage to our welfare, environment or security.
Facilitate business continuity within the Council, helping Services to prioritise their critical services and ensure they can continue in the event of an emergency in the community or an internal disruption to Council business.
Enhance community resilience by providing information to families and individuals; providing advice and assistance to local businesses and voluntary organisations on business continuity management and to parish and town councils on how to prepare community emergency plans.

For more information on how resilience is undertaken in Buckinghamshire, please refer to the Resilience Team business plan and the Buckinghamshire Local Authorities Joint Resilience/Emergency Planning business plan.

Are you ready?

Do you know what to do in an emergency? With valuable information, hints and tips for individuals, households and businesses, with a handy ‘fill in and keep’ section for your personal emergency contact details, this booklet provides everything you need to deal with an emergency. Easy to read, this common sense guide helps families, individuals, communities and businesses prepare for hazards including hot weather, flooding, snow, ice etc and how to respond to some incidents.

Download your copy of Are you ready? (PDF)