The Royal Borough's Emergency Plan
The number of major disasters that have occurred in this country
and abroad during recent years, reinforce the need for and
importance of emergency preparedness. This borough, together with
the emergency services, plans and exercises to ensure that in the
event of such emergencies we can respond and support each other
appropriately.
For a central source of information for Londoners, particularly
relating to emergencies and disasters visit the London Prepared
website.
Definition of a major emergency
The borough's Emergency Plan exists to provide guidelines and
information for Directors and Managers who may be called upon to
organise and co-ordinate the response of the borough to a major
emergency in its area or, indeed, within any of the boroughs in
North West London with which it is grouped in a Mutual Aid
Scheme.
The borough and the emergency services work to the following
definition of a major emergency:
"A major incident or natural disaster resulting in
either death, injury or serious disruption to normal life and
likely to overwhelm a Council's services whilst operating under
normal conditions. In such circumstances specific mobilisation and
co-ordination of resources and assistance of other boroughs may be
required."
For more information see: