Welcome to the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA), formerly the Emergency Planning College (EPC)

check

Publication

Home > Resources > The Amber Book - Managing Crisis in Central Government

The Amber Book – Managing Crisis in Central Government

Publications Doctrine Accidents & system failures Recover Developing capabilities

The Amber Book provides a framework for how UK central government collectively responds to crises that require co-ordinated action across government. It sets out the principles, structures and arrangements that underpin and inform the central government response to a crisis. It describes key roles and responsibilities for response, including information on the relationship between the central, regional and local tiers within England, as well as covering the relationship between UK central government and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

More Publications

Reflections on the Launch of the UK Resilience Academy

In this blog, National Emergencies trustee and 7/7 London bombing survivor Thelma Stober shares her views on the importance of learning lessons from past disaster survivors and how the UKRA is another step forward towards whole-society resilience.

UK Resilience Academy launch event

In the presence of broad representation from across the resilience community, the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) was officially launched on 28^th April by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden, and Minister Abena Oppong-Asare.

Preparing Scotland Exercising Guidance

Preparing Scotland is a set of national guidance documents to assist Scotland in planning, responding and recovering from emergencies. The purpose of this guidance is to provide a practical tool to assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of exercises.

JESIP Testing & Exercising

JESIP’s (the Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Programme) Testing & Exercising page provides a range of resources including an Exercise Assurance Framework, an Umpire Evaluation Sheet and a Multi-Agency Debrief Template.