How we work with others

Ealing Borough Resilience Forum (BRF)

The BRF is a statutory group of multi-agency responders which provides a single meeting forum to coordinate the development of local response and recovery arrangements, and ensure as a borough, Ealing is well prepared and resilient for when emergencies occur.

The BRF is made up of both Category 1 and 2 responders:

• Category 1 responders: Core responders that are likely to be heavily involved in most major emergencies. They have a duty to share information and co-operate with other Category 1 and 2 responders
• Category 2 responders: Co-operating responders that are likely to be involved in some emergencies. They share information with category one responders

Members of the BRF include:

• Emergency services
  • Metropolitan Police (MPS)
  • London Ambulance Service (LAS)
  • London Fire Brigade (LFB)
  • British Transport Police (BTP))
• Health services
  • NHSE&I London
  • UKHSA
  • NW London NHS ICB)
• Ealing Council
  • emergency management team
  • public health teams
• Environmental services
  • Environment Agency
  • Met Office
• Voluntary sector
  • British Red Cross
  • Ealing and Hounslow CVS
• Industry, utilities, transport sector
  • TFL
  • Thames water
  • Network Rail

The BRF meets four times a year to discuss multi-agency preparedness, share information and train together through tabletop exercises on different scenarios that could occur in the borough.