Cumbria Resilience Forum - Partners and Links

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

• Environment Agency
• Public Health England

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

• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Food & Rural Affairs
• Army
• Royal Air Force (RAF)

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

• 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.