Working together to develop resilience

“Encouraging Joined up Working - across

categories and services”

Roy ElflettHead of Emergency Planning

Norfolk County Council

Working together to develop resilience

Think of Norfolk...

Working together to develop resilience

Working together to develop resilience

Working together to develop resilience

Think of Norfolk...

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Working together to develop resilience

Norfolk

• Some of the most deprived communities

in the UK

• One in four children living in households

in poverty

• One in four with difficulties in basic skills

Working together to develop resilience

Norfolk• A dispersed community with marked

contrasts in affluence and deprivation

• A population both deeply rooted and migratory

• An ageing population

• A wide range of risks identified in the CRR

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Norfolk Resilience

Working in partnership with all key stakeholders to enhance Norfolk's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.

Working together to develop resilience

How widely do we engage?

• Councils working together

• Voluntary Sector

• Private /Public Sector Partnership - NORMIT

• Community Groups

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Working together to develop resilience in Norfolk

Working together to develop resilience

Are we embedding the culture?

• Community Strategy for Norfolk

• Strong leadership

• People in Partnership

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NORMITNorfolk Major Incident

Team(www.normit.org)

Working together to develop resilience

Working together to develop resilience

How does it work

Facilitated by - NCC Emergency Planning (involvement of all LAs)

Assisted by - Advisory Board

Supported by - Member organisations

Funded by - Annual Membership Fees Charges - provision of

Services for members.

Working together to develop resilience

YES• 304 people trained last year (+ Tailored & NRF )

• Business Continuity Seminar - 97 delegates

• Study Day 06 - 234 Delegates

• Free templates and advice on the e-Tool

• Sharing information – via web/ email / meetings

• Networking opportunity - with peers

• Benefits for ALL involved.

Is NORMIT making a difference?

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Looking to the future• Continue to develop to reach a wider

audience

• CPD and Accreditation for training courses

• Develop E-Tool and website to provide information on types of incident

• Work with the NRF to ensure consistent message for the Promotion of BC across Norfolk

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• Parish Emergency Coordinators

• Community Flood Warden Teams

• Norfolk Civil Protection Volunteers

• Community Emergency Wardens / Groups

• Educational Establishments / young persons groups

• Elected Members

• Voluntary Sector

• Business sector

Community Engagement

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Working together to develop resilience

Norfolk Resilience Forum Structure 

Norfolk Resilience Forum

Norfolk Resilience ForumSupport Group

Operational Emergency Response Sub Group

Warning and

Informing Sub Group

Community Risk

Management Sub Group

Community Health &

Social Care Sub Group

Voluntary Sector

Sub Group

Environmental Issues

Sub Group

Community &

Economic Resilience Sub Group

Infrastructure Resilience Sub Group

Inspection Review & Audit Sub Group

Training & Exercising Working Group

Emergency Services Control Room Forum

Search and Rescue Group

COMAH Liaison Group

Business and Service Continuity

Norfolk Major Incident Team (NORMIT)

Norwich Airport Emergency Liaison Group

IT&

Comms Sub Group

                              

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Regional Resilience Forum

• Wide area planning

• Contributing to Regional & National capability

• Challenges

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Looking to the future

Business Continuity Risk Management Expo 2006

Work Together Work Together –– get results !get results !

Working together to develop resilience

“Encouraging Joined up Working - across

categories and services”

Roy ElflettHead of Emergency Planning

Norfolk County Council