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Emergency Planning and Resilience Unit

 
The Council has an Emergency Planning and Resilience Unit based in Woolwich. Staff are trained to cope with any major incident that may affect the safety of people in the borough.

What does the unit do?

The role of the Emergency Planning and Resilience Unit is to:

  • Prevent or prepare for emergencies and to reduce or control the effects of emergencies.
  • To warn, inform and advise if an emergency takes place and make the public aware of arrangements that are being made.
  • Co-operate and share information with other response organisations.
  • Promote business continuity management in the local business community - see Planning for emergencies in our Business section. 
Staff take part in testing plans and recovery exercises along with the emergency services and other organisations.

Being prepared

The Council's emergency plans set out the information and procedures needed to ensure an effective, flexible and timely response to an emergency.

This will reduce the distress and disruption caused by any major incident.

Read the Council's Risk Management Policy and Strategy.

The Community Risk Register lists potential hazards which could affect the borough. Read more about the South East London Community Risk Register.

Other partner organisations

The Emergency Planning and Resilience Unit works with a range of partners to plan for the effects of any major incident. These partners include:

  • Metropolitan Police Service
  • London Fire Brigade
  • London Ambulance Service
  • Army
  • British Transport Police
  • Business Groups
  • English Heritage
  • Environment Agency
  • Greenwich Multi Faith Forum
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Meteorological Office
  • Ministry of Defence Police
  • National Health Service
  • Port of London Authority (PLA)
  • Royal Air Force
  • University of Greenwich
  • Utilities and Transport Companies
  • Voluntary Agencies including: the British Red Cross Society, CRUSE, Greenwich Association of Disabled People, Rest UK, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), Salvation Army, St. John Ambulance, Victim Support and the Womens Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS).
Read more about how these partner organisations would work closely with the council if there was a major incident.

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