Alderstead Council supports local resilience by preparing its own services for disruption, maintaining local networks, providing public information and working with emergency, infrastructure and other public-service partners.

Preparing for disruption

Resilience planning considers which council services are most important during an incident, what information residents may need, which community networks can support local recovery and which external services the council depends on. The council also plans for the continuity of its own priority functions.

During an emergency

The council does not replace the emergency services. Immediate threats to life or safety must use the appropriate emergency route. During an incident, Alderstead Council focuses on its own responsibilities, the local consequences for council services and the public information it has been authorised to provide.

Recovery

Recovery can continue after the immediate incident has ended. The council may need to restore affected local services, communicate changed arrangements, support community recovery and review lessons from the response.

Local preparedness

See Local resilience and preparedness for information about community preparedness, council continuity and recovery.