Emergency & Resilience
COUNCILLOR CONTACTS: Leigh Jackman, Suzette Hammond and Keith Crane
This group is dedicated to developing and implementing community resilience plans, addressing potential emergencies, and ensuring the safety and well-being of residents. It also maintains and updates our local emergency plans, coordinates community support and liaises with all relevant authorities.
RESPONSIBILITIES / TERMS OF REFERENCE
- To set up and maintain local emergency resources
- To use our knowledge and facilities to help our local community, including identification of vulnerable individuals and groups
- To prepare and activate the Parish Emergency Plan, including opening a rest centre when required
- To support the Emergency Services
- To carry out local risk assessments
- To communicate warnings and information
- To support the recovery and rehabilitation of the community once the incident has passed, feeding into lessons learned
- To communicate and work with any Police-led Emergency Resilience Group
Join the Emergency and Resilience Working Group and help us make a start
Did you know that in the event of an incident in Godshill, the Parish Council has a responsibility to help the emergency services?
How do we do that? We need volunteers. The volunteers will be trained and will work in teams to support whatever the Emergency Services need from us.
Interested in finding out more? Use our contact form to get in touch
Role of the Parish Council
- To use our knowledge and facilities to help the local community, including identification of vulnerable individuals and groups
- To prepare and activate the Parish Emergency Plan, including opening a rest centre when required
- To support the Emergency Services
- To carry out local risk assessments
- To communicate warnings and information
- To support the recovery and rehabilitation of the community once the incident has passed, feeding into lessons learned.
- To communicate and work with Police-led Emergency and Resilience teams