Cumbria Resilience Forum - Partners and Links
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Category 1 responders
Category 1 responders are those organisations at the core of the response. Category 1 responders are subject to the full set of civil protection duties.
Emergency Services
- Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service
- Cumbria Constabulary
- North West Ambulance Service
- British Transport Police
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Marine and Coastguard Agency
NHS Bodies
- NHS England
- North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Cumbria Partnership NHS Trust
Local Authorities
- Cumbria County Council
- Allerdale Borough Council
- Barrow Borough Council
- Carlisle City Council
- Copeland Borough Council
- South Lakeland District Council
- Eden District Council
Agencies
Category 2 responders
Category 2 responders are the "co-operating bodies" that are less likely to be involved in the core planning work but may be heavily involved in incidents.
- Health & Safety Executive
- Voluntary Sector (see Below)
- Transport - Highways England, Network Rail, bus companies, train operating companies
- Health sector - Strategic Health Authority
- Utilities - gas,National Grid, Electricity North West , United Utilities, public communication providers
- Communications - BT, Mobile Phone Operators
Other supporting organisations
Links
Health organisations
• NHS Choices
• Department of Health
Voluntary organisations
• British Red Cross
• Age Uk
• RAYNET
• RSPCA
• Salvation Army
• Samaritans
• St John Ambulance
• WRVS
• Victim Support
• Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
• CVS - Community Partnerships
• Cumbria Community Foundation
Help yourself• Cabinet Office - UK Resilience
Meeting the needs of those affected by an emergency
• British Red Cross - How to prepare for emergencies
The pages in this section provide information on the simple precautions that can be taken to prepare for a range of emergency situations, along with advice on how to cope when they do.
• Disaster Action
They offer support and information for the bereaved and survivors of major disasters that occur in the UK and overseas
• Cabinet Office - Business Continuity
• Direct Gov
• Business Continuity Institute
• Continuity Central
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Security Service MI5
• The Civil Contingencies Secretariat Business Continuity Toolkit
• Preparing yourself - disaster readiness tips for people with disabilities
• RAYNET
• Cabinet Office - UK Resilience
• Cabinet Office - Emergency Response and Recovery Guidance
• Cabinet Office - Local Resilience Forums
• Cabinet Office - Civil Contingencies - Useful Links
• BBC Connecting in a Crisis
Connecting in a Crisis' is an initiative by the BBC to help ensure that the public has the information it needs and demands during a civil emergency.
