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Nationally recognised standards to define the skills, knowledge and performance expected of those working in resilience and emergency roles. 

For emergency services and responder agencies

A guide for faith communities and local resilience forum partners who are involved in civil protection work.

VCS Emergencies Partnership’s website provides a collection of exercises, which organisations can adapt and tailor to their needs.

‘Learning to Adapt’

‘Learning to Manage Lessons’

Guidance on what local planners need to consider when developing flexible plans for evacuation and shelter.

Guidance for the identification, prioritsation, implementation, and embedding of lessons from exercises and emergencies

JESIP Joint Doctrine (Edition Three) continues to provide a common way of working together to save lives and reduce harm in an emergency.

The National Risk Register outlines the most serious risks facing the United Kingdom.

The Northern Ireland (NI) Civil Contingencies Framework sets out NI arrangements for effective Emergency Management.

The latest edition of the global guide to good practice in business continuity.

The Governemnt Communications Service (GCS) Emergency Planning Framework.

Guidance on part 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, its associated regulations and non-statutory arrangements.

CONTEST is the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy. It’s based on 4 themes: prevent, pursue, protect and prepare.

‘Learning to Read Risks’

JOL (Joint Organisational Learning) Online, which is hosted on Resilience Direct, is the national repository for interoperability, national resilience lessons and notable practice across the UK.

The Managing Exercises Handbook is one of a series of handbooks on the Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub. It provides guidelines for the design, planning, conduct and evaluation of exercises.

The Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub is an open-source platform that supports and informs policy, planning, decision making and contemporary good practice in disaster resilience.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a federal agency which helps the United States respond to and recover from disasters.

‘Learning In Action’

This guide explores how to anticipate public behaviour in a crisis.

The UK Government Resilience Framework sets out how we will strengthen the systems and capabilities that support our collective resilience.

A practical ‘hands on’ manual to support civilian and military audiences in the use of Red Teaming techniques

Helping emergency planners ensure communities are central to emergency planning, response and recovery.

Preparing Scotland is a set of national guidance documents to assist Scotland in planning, responding and recovering from emergencies.

PRIMER provides a framework for crisis communications.

Guidance on what local planners need to consider when developing flexible plans for evacuation and shelter.

Guidance for staff of responder agencies, particularly senior officers or managers involved in emergency response and recovery preparations.

The Central Government’s Concept of Operations sets out the UK arrangements for responding to and recovering from emergencies.

Guidance on part 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, its associated regulations and non-statutory arrangements.

Guidance covering key issues relating to data protection and sharing in emergency planning, response and recovery.

The Civil Contingencies Act (2004) Regulations (2005) describe the extent of the duties imposed on organisations under the Act, and the manner in which those duties are to be performed.

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA), and accompanying non-legislative measures, delivers a single framework for civil protection in the UK.