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Preparedness
Preparedness is the foundation of effective resilience
Being prepared is about taking action before an emergency happens — identifying risks, planning ahead, and making sure people have the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond when it matters most.
In the UK’s resilience system, preparedness helps protect people, safeguard essential services, and reduce the impact of disruption. Whether it’s a local incident or a national crisis, well-prepared teams can act faster, make better decisions, and support recovery more effectively.
At the UK Resilience Academy, we provide learning, education and development that supports preparedness at every level.
Our courses and resources are designed for people working across local authorities, emergency services, health, voluntary organisations, central government and beyond.
Whether you’re just starting in a resilience role or you’re an experienced practitioner, we can help you build capability and confidence.
You’ll find a wide range of support to help you strengthen your approach — from scenario planning and exercising to roles and responsibilities, recovery and lessons learned. Our learning is practical, relevant and focused on real-world challenges.
Preparedness isn’t a one-off task — it’s a continuous process of learning, testing and improving. The earlier we plan, the better we perform. And when we prepare well, we support safer, more resilient communities.
Explore our preparedness courses and resources to help you prepare with purpose — and respond with confidence.
Starting Out in Resilience (Class)
Developing Emergency Arrangements in Regulated Sectors (Class)
Risk and Consequence Assessment (Class)
Capability Evaluation & Exercising (Class)
Starting Out in Resilience (Class)
Resilience & Emergencies National Occupation Standards
Nationally recognised standards to define the skills, knowledge and performance expected of those working in resilience and emergency roles.
Lessons Management Best Practice Guidance
Guidance for the identification, prioritsation, implementation, and embedding of lessons from exercises and emergencies
National Risk Register 2025 Edition
The National Risk Register outlines the most serious risks facing the United Kingdom.
JESIP Joint Doctrine
JESIP Joint Doctrine (Edition Three) continues to provide a common way of working together to save lives and reduce harm in an emergency.
BCI Good Practice Guidelines v7.0
The latest edition of the global guide to good practice in business continuity.
Looking for advisory or exercising assistance?
Our advisory and exercising services team can help with building your preparedness. Whether you need highly customised training packages or advisory services, our team will work with you to fully understand your challenges and build impactful solutions.
Develop your skills
Discover how we’re strengthening the professionalisation of resilience work with professional pathways, example career journeys and aligning with national standards.
Collaborate with the community
Explore how the UKRA is directly working with the resilience community to strengthen national resilience.