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Emergency planning

The Emergency Planning Shared Service’s aims are preparing, maintaining and co-ordinating a robust and effective response to emergencies.

We work with the emergency services and other responders to make sure Sheffield is fully prepared for every eventuality as part of the South Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum. We write plans on how the Council would response to emergencies and incidents.

We also train and exercise with partners to ensure we are prepared and the plans we write work. As well as Planning for emergencies we also have to ensure that the Council can continue to deliver its key services during an incident, no matter how large or small. This is called Business Continuity Planning.

Emergency Planning Committee

An Emergency Planning Joint Committee oversees the shared service and makes sure both councils carry out their duties as Category 1 responders (as described by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004).
 

The Joint Committee consists of Elected Members (Councillors) from the 2 councils, supported by advisors, officers and other interested parties, as and when required.

The Chair of the Joint Committee rotates between Rotherham and Sheffield Elected Members on an annual basis.

The Joint Committee will meet up to 4 times per year to ensure it carries out its responsibilities as described above and the number of meetings will depend on the business to be discussed. Additional extraordinary meetings may be called if necessary.

For more information please see Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's emergency planning pages. 

Prepare your community for emergencies

What is a community?

A community can be:

  • your local area, including you and your neighbours
  • a formal group, like a Community Forum
  • a sports club, religious group, or Parish Council

Most people belong to more than one community.

Why community action matters

By working together before, during and after an emergency, you can:

  • support emergency services, who may be very busy
  • reduce the impact of the emergency on your community

In large-scale emergencies—such as flooding—emergency services may not be able to reach the scene straight away. In these cases, the first response may rely entirely on local people.

What you can do

You, your neighbours or your community group could:

  • help others during snow or icy conditions
  • write a local emergency plan
  • sign up to receive flood warnings
  • keep emergency equipment in a shared community store

You can read the Government's Preparing for Emergencies: Guide for communities for more information.

EPC Resilience: National support

EPC Resilience is the UK’s leading centre for organisational resilience. They provide training and consultancy in:

  • emergency and crisis management
  • business continuity
  • cyber resilience
  • public safety and event planning

Contact Emergency Planning Shared Service

Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE

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