Emergency Planning

The Council's Emergency Planning Team work with other local services to identify potential risks within the Borough and prepare plans to ensure that we can provide an effective and coordinated response to protect residents and businesses in the event of an emergency such as a major fire, flood, accident or hazardous incident.

We organise training, emergency exercises and seminars to ensure that our staff and staff within staff our partner agencies are up-to-date with current emergency plans and ready to respond.

We also ensure that our service have robust Business Continuity plans to ensure that we can continue to provide essential services during an emergency and we encourage local businesses to make similar plans.

Contingency Communications
Berkshire Emergency Support Group (ESOG) Voluntary organisations who work with us during emergencies
Business Continuity Planning Toolkit Preparing to manage during a crisis
Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies (CBRN)
Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Framework for civil protection
Drought Advice on dealing with adverse weather conditions
Evacuation In the event of fire, flood or accident
Flooding and Flood Protection Advice for residents and business
Fuel Supply Distruption Protocol
Heatwave Information on dealing with a prolonged period of excessively hot weather
Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996 For pipelines carrying hazardous substances
Planning for Emergencies
Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment for Reading Borough Council
Radiation Information on radiation
Radiation, Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations 2001 (REPPIR)
Severe Winter Weather Advice on dealing with adverse weather conditions
Storms How to protect yourself and your property in the event of a major storm
The Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
Threats of Terrorism Threat levels and how to report suspected terrorism