The Emergency response and recovery guidance aims to establish good practice based on lessons identified from responding to and recovering from emergencies, both in the UK and internationally.
‘Emergency response and recovery’ is designed to complement Emergency preparedness, which sets out how the duties under the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) — 2004 and its supporting regulations should be implemented.
The guidance aims to further develop:
- shared understanding of the multi-agency framework for emergency response and recovery at the local level, and the roles and responsibilities of individual organisations
- shared understanding of the role of local, sub-national and national levels in emergency response, and how they will work together
- a common frame of reference, especially concepts and language, for those involved in responding to emergencies
