UK Resilience

Publications

See our  Articles page for Interviews and Articles made by CCS.

Civil Contingencies

• Chartered Management Institute Business Continuity Survey 2008 [PDF, 20 pages, 429KB] (17/03/08)

• Identifying People Who Are Vulnerable in a Crisis - Guidance for Emergency Planners and Responders [PDF, 31 pages, 718KB] (03/03/08)

• Government Decontamination Services Newsletter 4 [PDF, 2 pages, 73KB] (08/02/08)

• The Pitt Review: Learning lessons from the 2007 floods - Interim Report (17/12/07) [External website]

• Preparing for Pandemic Influenza - Guidance to Local Planners (including checklist for Local Resilience Forum plans) [PDF, 26 pages, 344KB] - This document replaces the previous CCS publication REVISED – Guidance: Contingency Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic from July 2006. (03/12/07)

• Pandemic Flu - A national framework for responding to an influenza pandemic [External website] (22/11/07)

• Overarching Government Strategy to respond to an Influenza Pandemic - Analysis of the scientific evidence base  [PDF, 72 pages, 715KB] (November 2007)

• Operations in the UK: The Defence Contribution to Resilience (Revised October 2007) [PDF, 317 pages 2.6MB]

• The Role of the Insurance Industry in dealing with Civil Emergencies [PDF, 3 pages 134KB]

• HSE Guidance on National Security considerations when dealing with requests for information held under Major Hazard and Environmental Pollution Prevention Regulations [PDF, 4 pages, 86KB] (24/04/07)

• Civil Protection News - Issue 2: Spring 2007 [PDF, 12 pages, 479KB] (28/03/07)

• Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Business Continuity Survey 2007 Report [PDF 561KB, 20 pages] (20/03/07)

• Planning for Major Water and Wastewater Incidents in England and Wales: Generic Guidance [PDF, 27 pages, 324KB] (02/02/07)

• Public Safety in Complex and Built Environments [PDF, 23 pages, 833KB] (12/01/07)

• Data Protection and Sharing - Guidance for Emergency Planners and Responders [PDF, 36 pages, 948KB] (11/01/07)

• Civil Protection News - Issue 1: November 2006 [PDF, 15 pages, 755KB] (03/11/06)

• Evacuation and Shelter Guidance: [PDF, 63 pages, 277KB] Non-statutory guidance to complement Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Response & Recovery

• Humanitarian Assistance in Emergencies: Non-Statutory Guidance on Establishing Humanitarian Assistance Centres [PDF, 58 pages, 517KB]
  • Annex A - Template Leaflet [Word Document, 1 page, 56KB]

• A detailed guide to roles and responsibilities in humanitarian assistance (Published by DCMS) [PDF, 27 pages, 264KB]

• Literature and Best Practice Review and Assessment: Identifying People's Needs in Major Emergencies and best practice in Humanitarian Response [PDF, 112 pages, 1MB]

• Introductory material on pandemic influenza for Businesses and other Organisations to help you communicate with your staff [PDF, 6 pages, 87KB]

• Civil Contingencies Act 2004: Performance Assessment Frameworks Category 1 responders' performance against the duties mandated by the Act is now integrated into existing mainstream performance assessment frameworks. This note sets out the arrangements as to how each sector will be assessed. [PDF, 121KB, 8 pages]

• Countering Terrorism: The United Kingdom's Strategy [PDF, 383KB, 38 pages]

• Threat Levels: The System to Assess the Threat from International Terrorism [PDF, 382KB, 8 pages]

• Pandemic Influenza Checklist for Businesses [PDF 129KB, 4 pages].

• 2006 Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Business Continuity Survey [PDF 539KB, 16 pages]

• Civil Contingencies Act: a short guide (Revised) [PDF, 8 pages, 327KB]

• CCS's booklet: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - A Perspective [PDF, 38 pages, 228KB]

• CCS's Conferences on Evacuation and Shelter: delegate presentations:
  • Health Aspects of Evacuation and Shelter - Emergency Preparedness from the UK Department of Health [PowerPoint presentation, 45KB]
  • Shelter or Evacuation? - Alan Goodwin, Deputy Chief Constable, ACPO Emergency Procedures Committee [PowerPoint presentation, 169KB]
  • Hurricane Katrina - Lessons Learned - Frank E Gutierrez, Coordinator, Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management [PowerPoint presentation, 1MB]
  • Hurricane Rita - Evacuation of a Major Urban Area - Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management [PowerPoint presentation, 52KB]

• Protecting Against Terrorism This booklet has been produced by the Security Service for those who are responsible for the safety of others in businesses and in other organisations. It supersedes Bombs - Protecting People and Property, and contains protective security advice and information. [PDF, 42 pages, 879KB]

• London Flu Pandemic Contingency Plan Prompt Document [PDF, 12 pages, 122KB]

• Geographical Information Systems - Guide to GIS Applications in Integrated Emergency Management [PDF, 128 pages, 2.4MB - VERY slow download]

• Civil Contingencies Act: Emergency Preparedness - individual chapters in .pdf form

• Civil Contingencies Act: Emergency Response and Recovery - individual chapters in .pdf form

• Civil Contingencies Act: Emergency Preparedness  [PDF, 231 pages, 1.15MB]

• Civil Contingencies Act: Emergency Response and Recovery: [PDF, 104 pages, 332KB]

• The Needs of Faith Communities in Major Emergencies: Some Guidelines - Updated guidance from the Home Office and the Cabinet Office [PDF, 48 pages, 274KB]

• Central Government arrangements for responding to an emergency: Concept of Operations The arrangements for the response to an emergency (irrespective of its cause) requiring co-ordinated UK central government action. It describes how the UK central government response will be organised, and the relationship between the central, regional and local tiers in England, as well as the relationship between the UK central government and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales and the Northern Ireland Administration. Downloadable .pdf [PDF, 26 pages, 376KB]Word version [read only]

• Guidance on Dealing with Fatalities in Emergencies (May 2004) [PDF, 94 pages, 677KB]

• Working together to Support Individuals in an Emergency or Disaster [PDF, 202 pages, 2.85MB]

• Report: The role of NGO volunteers in civil protection [PDF, 186 pages, 3.5MB]

• Secure in the Knowledge: Building a Secure Business [PDF, 48 pages, 2.63MB] London First and ACPO booklet.

• Expecting the Unexpected: Business Continuity in an Uncertain World [PDF, 32 pages, 522KB] - Joint publication from the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, London First and the Business Continuity Institute.

• London Strategic Emergency Plan [PDF, 47 pages, 1.71MB] Published April, 2005

• Recovery: an emergency management guide [PDF, 25 pages, 120KB]

• The Lead Government Department and its role - Guidance and Best Practice (CCS: March 2004) [PDF, 50 pages, 612KB]

Emergency Plan Exercising

• Lessons Identified from UK Exercises and Operations – a Policy Framework [PDF, 7 pages, 158KB]
  • Initial lessons capture template [Word Document, 1 page, 38KB]

• The exercise planners guide

• Why exercise your disaster response

Risk Communication

• Communicating Risk Guidelines [PDF 1.9MB]

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