Local resilience is the ability of Alderstead's council services, communities and partner organisations to prepare for disruption, respond within their responsibilities and recover afterwards.

Community preparedness

Residents and organisations can support resilience by understanding reliable information sources, keeping appropriate personal or organisational plans and following instructions from the competent emergency or public authority during an incident.

Council continuity

Alderstead Council maintains arrangements for continuing priority council functions and for coordinating its local responsibilities with emergency services, infrastructure bodies and central or strategic authorities when an incident affects the area.

Recovery after disruption

Resilience does not end when the immediate incident is over. The council may need to restore affected local services, communicate changes, support community recovery and review what worked or failed. Lessons from an incident should feed back into plans, service-continuity arrangements and future partnership work so that the local response improves over time.

Before, during and after an incident

Preparedness means understanding the risks that can interrupt council services and the dependencies on emergency services, infrastructure and other public bodies. During an incident, the council concentrates on its own local responsibilities and reliable public information. Recovery then focuses on restoring affected services, supporting community recovery and learning from what happened.

Residents and organisations can support resilience by keeping appropriate personal or organisational plans and following information from the competent authority during an incident.