Preparing for an emergency - Sussex Resilience Forum
Local resilience forums bring together emergency services, councils, utilities and other essential public and voluntary services to work in partnership to support the local community during incidents and emergencies.
Through the Sussex Resilience Forum (SRF), organisations work together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The SRF is responsible for coordinating and testing emergency plans and procedures so that member organisations are prepared to meet their duties specified under the Civil Contingencies Act.
During an incident or emergency, members of the resilience forum work together to support the organisation/s that are leading the response.
The Sussex Resilience Forum is hosted on behalf of all partners by Sussex Police.
For more information about preparing for and responding to emergencies in your area, visit:
Emergencies can affect us all. There are some simple and effective steps we can all take to be more prepared. The government website gov.uk/prepare provides accessible and actionable advice on practical steps that individuals, households, and communities can take to improve their resilience to a range of risks and emergencies.
Being prepared means you are better able to respond to an emergency
All local resilience forums are required to publish a community risk register, setting out the most relevant risks in their area, the plans in place to manage them, and what local communities can do to be prepared for emergencies.
The Community Risk Register for Sussex (CRR) is a collection of local risk assessments, rated in terms of their potential impact and likelihood of occurring, owned and maintained by the SRF.
The CRR is the first step in the emergency planning process it ensures planned responses are proportionate to the risk, and that communities can be prepared.
Knowing what do to during an emergency is an important part of being prepared and may make all the difference when seconds count.
There is a range of tools, a checklist and advice available to help individuals, communities and businesses to be better prepared for incidents and emergencies.
- gov.uk/prepare to help you prepare for emergencies, be more informed about hazards, and get involved in activities to support yourself and your community.
- Are you Emergency Ready? public information leaflet
- Community emergency planning toolkits
- Business Continuity Toolkit
Category 1 responders
Emergency services
- Sussex Police
- West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
- East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
- South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- British Transport Police
Local authorities
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- East Sussex County Council
- West Sussex County Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- Lewes District Council
- Rother District Council
- Wealden District Council
- Adur District Council
- Arun District Council
- Chichester District Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- Horsham District Council
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Worthing Borough Council
Sussex NHS
- NHS Sussex
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS England (South East)
Other partners
- UK Health Security Agency
- Environment Agency
Category 2 responders
Utilities
- National Grid
- UK Power Network
- South East Water
- Southern Water
- Portsmouth Water
- Scottish & Southern Energy
Communications network
- 02
- EE
- 3
- Vodafone
Transport
- Highways England
- Southern Trains
- South Eastern Trains
- EWS (freight operator)
- Network Rail
Airports
- London Gatwick Airport
- Brighton and Hove City Airport
Harbour authorities
- Shoreham Harbour
- Newhaven Harbour
- Rye Harbour
Other partners
- Met Office
- Health and Safety Executive
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Ministry of Defence
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Sussex Chamber of Commerce
Voluntary, community and social enterprises
- British Red Cross
- St John Ambulance
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Disaster Action
- Raynet
- Salvation Army
- The Samaritans
- Victim Support
- Sussex 4x4 Response
- RVS
A small business management team, hosted by Sussex Police on behalf of all partners, provides secretariat support to the resilience forum. They can be contacted at:
SRF Business Management Team
Operations Department
Sussex Police Headquarters
Church Lane
Lewes BN7 2DZ