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Welcome to the Norfolk Resilience Forum website which I, on behalf of all of the agencies, hope you will find of assistance and interest.
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Part 1 identifies the organisations that play a vital role in Community Resilience throughout the UK and establishes a statutory framework for Civil Protection at the local level. Through Regulations and Guidance the legislation sets out clear roles and responsibilities for local responders. The Civil Contingencies Act (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 and guidance documents contain statutory and non-statutory guidance together with examples of best practice relating to the planning, response and recovery phases of Civil Protection.
Section 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and Regulation 4(1) of the Regulations requires “category 1” and “category 2” responders in a local resilience area to co-operate with each other in connection with the performance of duties under the legislation. The statutory Local Resilience Forum has been established in Norfolk and is known as the “Norfolk Resilience Forum”. The Norfolk Resilience Forum is the collective name for all groups within the framework.
Membership of the NRF involves organisations identified as category 1 and category 2 organisations within the new legislation plus many other agencies. All organisations represented within the NRF make valuable contributions to the wider community resilience planning activity in Norfolk.
The organisational framework for the NRF together with terms of reference for each group are included within this policy document. They provide a clear indication of the extent to which co-operation, collaboration and multi-agency working takes place in Norfolk between all agencies and organisations involved. Representatives from organisations and agencies involved in Emergency Planning, Civil Protection, Business Continuity Planning and promotion together with wider local/resilience planning activity are all included within the NRF framework. The Norfolk Community Risk Register provides a meaningful management tool and a sound basis for prioritisation of contingency planning activity in the County (www.norfolkprepared.gov.uk). The delivery of multi-agency integrated emergency planning, training and exercising is fundamental to the work of all organisations included within the structure of the NRF.
The Norfolk Resilience Forum organisational structure and terms of reference for all groups are dynamic documents. The membership will be kept under review and where necessary, amended to reflect future legislative or local requirements.
Signed by
Kevin WIlkins
Acting Deputy Chief Constable
Chairman Norfolk Resilience Forum (Strategic Group) 4th May, 2007
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Future Norfolk Resilience Forum Events in Norfolk...
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For example, have you thought about the affects of an influenza pandemic, or a shortage of staff for any other reason? Click here for a simple, quick checklist, and find out how prepared you are.....
Checklist
for more information see
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| The NRF recommends that all organisations should have a Business Continuity Plan to help them cope with an incident. But what is it, and why is it necessary? Click here for more details.....Why have continuity?_(38K) |
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| Emergencies are obviously something all of us hope will never happen, but if one were to occur here in Norfolk we want to be as well prepared as we can be. more... |
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