Council services

Our Emergency Planning unit co-ordinates planning, training, and exercises, to ensure that in the event of a major emergency, we can:

• Provide support to the emergency services
• Continue support and care for the local and wider community
• Maintain normal services at an appropriate level to the unaffected part of the community
• Mitigate the effects of the emergency
• Co-ordinate the response by organisations other than the emergency services
• Take the lead role to facilitate the rehabilitation of the community and the restoration of the environment