Emergencies can occur at any time, and often strike without warning. While the immediate response is carried out by the emergency and health services, local authorities provide a major support role, especially when it comes to supporting the community and helping to restore normality.
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- Generic Emergency Plan (1473k)
- Plan for response to any major emergency. (155 pages) (Note: this document is under review. The revised version will be published in 2011.)
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- Guidance for elected members (130k)
- Emergency planning information for East Sussex County Councillors (11 pages).
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- Corporate Business Continuity Plan (209k)
- The council has produced this continuity plan to ensure it can continue to carry out civil protection functions and maintain critical services in the event of an emergency (13 pages). (Note: this plan is currently under review.)
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- Business continuity presentation (189k)
- A presentation showing how the council will maintain services in the event of an emergency (18 pages).
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- Major maritime emergency plan (421k)
- Inter-agency arrangements for managing a maritime emergency (excluding pollution) occurring off the Sussex coast and having a substantial impact ashore. (35 pages)
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- Vulnerable people emergency plan (110k)
- Inter-agency arrangements for identifying vulnerable people during an emergency. (16 pages)
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East Sussex County Council