Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Ealing Council is ‘Category 1’ responder and has the following statutory duties:
- assess the risk of emergencies that could occur
- put in place emergency plans to respond to these emergencies
- put in place plans to keep the council’s key services running during an emergency, which is known as business continuity plans
- work together with local responders and share information to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies
- warn, inform, and advise the public in advance, during and after emergencies have happened
- give advice to local businesses and voluntary services on how they can protect their business from disruption, which is known as business continuity management
Support we provide
As a council we have arrangements in place to provide support to our residents and responding partners, such as:
- maintaining a 24/7 on call rota of trained staff to respond to emergencies
- use our resources to prevent emergencies or minimise their impact when they do occur
- keep our residents, businesses and communities informed when emergencies occur, so that residents can be kept informed of what has happened and what support is available
- deploy services to support affected residents, businesses, and the emergency services (highways, dangerous structure engineers, housing repairs, temporary accommodation, etc) in lessening the impacts of an emergency
- lead the recovery process following a major emergency, helping communities and businesses to rehabilitate and rebuild after the response has ended