Preparing for emergencies

As well as supporting the response to emergencies, Gloucestershire County Council is also required to prepare for emergencies

The role of the council’s Civil Protection Team is to support communities and local authorities to be prepared to respond to an emergency – from floods, fires and storms to power cuts and transport accidents.

We make plans to respond to various emergencies and train our teams to work closely with other responding agencies like the emergency services, health colleagues, district councils and other stakeholders such as utility companies, transport providers and the voluntary sector. 

Through Gloucestershire Local Resilience Forum we risk assess, produce plans, train  and exercise with all of our partner agencies.