Emergency Planning
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Create an Emergency Plan
Emergency responders plan, train and exercise to respond to emergencies, it is important for you to take steps to ensure you and your family know what to do in the event of an emergency. After a large emergency, the usual services we take for granted, such as running water, refrigeration, and telephones, may be unavailable and so you should prepare to be self sufficient until more help arrives. A few minutes thinking about it now could make a big difference in keeping you and your family safe. You should ensure that everyone in your household knows about the plan and what to do in the event of an emergency.
Planning for emergencies ensures that the emergency services, local authorities and other responding organisations better communicate and coordinate their efforts, improving both the management at the scene and the post disaster recovery process for the people of Carmarthenshire.
There are many ways to make sure you and your family are more prepared for emergencies. If a major emergency happens it may be some time before help arrives. It’s very important that you and your family get together to prepare. Download and complete the emergency plan template, you can enter as little or as much information as you want. Keep it safe in case you need to use it. If you have to leave your home, get out, stay out, and take others with you.
DOWNLOAD EMERGENCY PLAN TEMPLATE (.PDF)
Community Emergency Planning
Building community resilience is something that many people and communities already do. It is not about creating or identifying a whole new community network or a one-off response to or recovery from an incident, but rather an ongoing process of using and enhancing existing relationships to better improve the emergency preparedness of an area.
Some existing local community groups will have information on how to get involved or how they can fit resilience into their agenda. These could include town or community councils, faith organisations, Neighbourhood Watch groups, Scout Groups, residents associations and youth groups.
Communities should know what local emergency responders are able to do for them in an emergency and vice versa, this means talking to them before an emergency happens.
Create an Emergency Plan
Emergency responders plan, train and exercise to respond to emergencies, it is important for you to take steps to ensure you and your family know what to do in the event of an emergency. After a large emergency, the usual services we take for granted, such as running water, refrigeration, and telephones, may be unavailable and so you should prepare to be self sufficient until more help arrives. A few minutes thinking about it now could make a big difference in keeping you and your family safe. You should ensure that everyone in your household knows about the plan and what to do in the event of an emergency.
Planning for emergencies ensures that the emergency services, local authorities and other responding organisations better communicate and coordinate their efforts, improving both the management at the scene and the post disaster recovery process for the people of Carmarthenshire.
There are many ways to make sure you and your family are more prepared for emergencies. If a major emergency happens it may be some time before help arrives. It’s very important that you and your family get together to prepare. Download and complete the emergency plan template, you can enter as little or as much information as you want. Keep it safe in case you need to use it. If you have to leave your home, get out, stay out, and take others with you.
DOWNLOAD EMERGENCY PLAN TEMPLATE (.PDF)
Community Emergency Planning
Building community resilience is something that many people and communities already do. It is not about creating or identifying a whole new community network or a one-off response to or recovery from an incident, but rather an ongoing process of using and enhancing existing relationships to better improve the emergency preparedness of an area.
Some existing local community groups will have information on how to get involved or how they can fit resilience into their agenda. These could include town or community councils, faith organisations, Neighbourhood Watch groups, Scout Groups, residents associations and youth groups.
Communities should know what local emergency responders are able to do for them in an emergency and vice versa, this means talking to them before an emergency happens.
Five steps to getting started
The steps outlined below are only a suggestion for getting started in building resilience in your community. There are many other ways to build resilience and you may wish to tailor it to the specific needs of your community:
1. Begin by considering who your community is and which communities you belong to
Those people living close to you are the obvious choice for community resilience.
Many people do not recognise their community as the people they live near. Other communities, such as those who share an interest in a particular topic or sport, should be considered as valid groups to prepare for emergencies.
Community resilience is not about creating or identifying a new community or network; it is about considering what already exists around you, what you already do, who you already talk to or work with; and thinking about how you could work together before, during and after an incident or emergency.
2. Get in touch with existing local networks you can work with
Many community groups already work to support and enhance life in our communities; e.g. flood wardens, Scout groups, town or community councils, residents associations and Neighbourhood Watch groups. Think about how you could use their skills, resources and expertise to make a more resilient community.
3. Choose a community representative for your emergency plan
These people represent their local community by providing the link between the community and the statutory bodies that provide emergency response services to them. Think about who would take on this role in your community. You could consider asking local elected members to represent the community and co-ordinate this work.
4. Establish a Community Emergency Group
There are Community Emergency Groups already established in both rural and urban areas where people have recognised the need to consider what their community might need in an emergency, and have set about helping themselves to be prepared. You do not have to establish a new group. You may instead wish to build on and use existing community groups and consider how they might include building community resilience into their activities.
5. Develop a Community Emergency Plan
Consider how your community could use the Community Emergency Plan template. The template includes items such as a local risk assessment form, documentation to record key resources and local available skills as well as suggested contact lists for key people and a callout tree.
Five steps to getting started
The steps outlined below are only a suggestion for getting started in building resilience in your community. There are many other ways to build resilience and you may wish to tailor it to the specific needs of your community:
1. Begin by considering who your community is and which communities you belong to
Those people living close to you are the obvious choice for community resilience.
Many people do not recognise their community as the people they live near. Other communities, such as those who share an interest in a particular topic or sport, should be considered as valid groups to prepare for emergencies.
Community resilience is not about creating or identifying a new community or network; it is about considering what already exists around you, what you already do, who you already talk to or work with; and thinking about how you could work together before, during and after an incident or emergency.
2. Get in touch with existing local networks you can work with
Many community groups already work to support and enhance life in our communities; e.g. flood wardens, Scout groups, town or community councils, residents associations and Neighbourhood Watch groups. Think about how you could use their skills, resources and expertise to make a more resilient community.
3. Choose a community representative for your emergency plan
These people represent their local community by providing the link between the community and the statutory bodies that provide emergency response services to them. Think about who would take on this role in your community. You could consider asking local elected members to represent the community and co-ordinate this work.
4. Establish a Community Emergency Group
There are Community Emergency Groups already established in both rural and urban areas where people have recognised the need to consider what their community might need in an emergency, and have set about helping themselves to be prepared. You do not have to establish a new group. You may instead wish to build on and use existing community groups and consider how they might include building community resilience into their activities.
5. Develop a Community Emergency Plan
Consider how your community could use the Community Emergency Plan template. The template includes items such as a local risk assessment form, documentation to record key resources and local available skills as well as suggested contact lists for key people and a callout tree.
