Emergency Planning
The Council is responsible for preparing and maintaining an emergency plan which will enable us to provide a fast, efficient, effective and caring response to any civil emergency, major incident or other crisis.
We actively participate in working groups with the stakeholders aimed at improving the coordinated response to major incidents. These include Wiltshire County Council, other local authorities, the emergency services, voluntary agencies, major utilities and government departments.
USEFUL LINKS
Wiltshire County Council (External link)
Wiltshire County Council has a dedicated Emergency Planning Unit which provides a 24/7 Duty Officer cover, who acts as the first point of contact for the emergency services in the event of an incident.
UK Resilience (External link)
This site is run by the Cabinet Office's Civil contingencies Secretariat, and it's a source of public information during events of national importance, as well as emergency planning and advice.
Environment Agency - Floodwarnings (External link)
The Environment Agency is now able to provide flood warnings online 24 hours a day. The information is updated every 15 minutes. From this page you can view warnings in force in each of our eight regions covering England and Wales.
Department of Health (External link)
The Emergency Planning Coordination Unit (EPCU) is responsible for the coordination of contingency planning to maintain the state of readiness of the National Health Service to respond to major incidents.
Met Office (External link)
This site has up to date weather information and also provides UK Severe Weather Warnings.