The Role of the Team

The main Civil Protection duties fall on the Category 1 responder (including the County Council) as follows:

• Risk assessment.
• Business Continuity Management.
• Emergency Planning.
• Maintaining public awareness and arrangements to warn, inform and advise the public.
• Provision of advice and assistance to the commercial sector and voluntary organisations.
• Co-operation and information sharing.

The above duties are the responsibility of both the County and District Councils.

The Worcestershire County Council Emergency Planning Team role enables the council to meet their statutory duties outlined under the Civil Contingencies Act.

The four principal areas of work that involve Emergency Planning Team are Assess, Plan, Respond and recover, you can find out more information on each of these steps by following the links below.

	Assessing the situation  Assess
	Planning for the future  Plan
	Responding to the emergency  Respond
	Recovering after accidents  Recover
	Get in touch with the Emergency Planning Team  Contact Information