Glossary

The free number to call, at any time, to report a power cut or get updates in England, Scotland and Wales.

Keeping an organisation's key products and services going through a disruption; the Civil Contingencies Act requires res

As the Cabinet Office toolkit defines it, identifying the parts of your organisation you cannot afford to lose and plann

The toolkit's first step, identifying key products and services, the activities that deliver them, what a disruption wou

The National Risk Register's word for a failure in one system that spreads to others, as when a nationwide loss of power

An organisation listed in Part 1, 2 or 2A of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, carrying the full set of du

An organisation listed in Part 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, with the lesser duties to co

The Act that gives the UK a single framework for civil protection, with local duties in Part 1 and emergency powers in P

The Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, through which the central government response to the most serious emergencies is co-o

The group of local volunteers who make and run a community emergency plan; Hampshire and Isle of Wight's forum says any

A written plan, made by a community with a local resilience forum template, that sets out who does what so that the comm

The register of risk assessments that the Category 1 responders of each local resilience area must keep together under r

The 2005 Regulations under Part 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act that create the local resilience forum and the communit

The National Risk Register's term for the assets and systems, such as energy, telecommunications, financial market infra

The licensed company that owns and runs the local electricity wires in one of 14 areas of Great Britain, reached on 105

The section 1 definition in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, an event or situation threatening serious damage to human

The UK government system that sends a warning and advice to mobile phones in a life threatening emergency, based on wher

The set of essential items a household keeps ready for a disruption; the British Red Cross and Ready Scotland use the te

Part 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which lets ministers make temporary emergency regulations as a last resort i

The Northern Ireland equivalent of a local resilience forum; details come from the Northern Ireland Civil Contingencies

Temporary legislation made under section 20 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, limited by sections 22 and 23 and lapsi

An Environment Agency message that flooding is expected, sent free by phone, text or email to homes and organisations in

The 24-hour telephone service, on 0345 988 1188, for flood information and for registering for flood warnings in England

The names used for the strategic, tactical and operational levels of command within a single responding organisation.

A bag of essentials kept ready in case you have to leave home quickly; Be Ready uses the term and lists what to put in i

The written plan Be Ready asks each household to make, with escape routes, a meeting point, a backup for anyone needing

The Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles, the common doctrine, training and learning tools that help res

The department made responsible for planning for, responding to and recovering from a given kind of emergency at the nat

The two measures by which the National Risk Register scores risks, by which ministers may guide responders under regulat

The single forum in which the Category 1 responders of a police area in England or Wales must co-operate, created by reg

Steps that reduce the effects of an emergency you cannot prevent; the Civil Contingencies Act pairs "reducing, controlli

An arrangement under which organisations with similar functions, expertise or equipment agree to help each other in an e

The published version of the government's classified National Security Risk Assessment, setting out the most serious ris

Where people are taken, or take themselves, away from immediate or anticipated danger; the term appears in the definitio

The activities that get an organisation or household ready before an emergency; in the Northern Ireland planning guide,

A free register, run through the energy and water companies, that gives extra support to people who need it, including w

The worst plausible manifestation of a risk, once highly unlikely variations are discounted, used in the National Risk R

The process of rebuilding, restoring and rehabilitating the community after an emergency, as gov.uk guidance defines it;

The Scottish equivalent of a local resilience forum; there are three, and Ready Scotland lists them.

As the sources define it, an organisation's ability to respond to emergencies while keeping its services from being inhe

The phase in which organisations act on their plans to deal with an emergency; in the UK it is carried out at the local

A building where people evacuated from their homes or other premises go for shelter and welfare until they can return or

The highest flood warning level in England; the Be Ready flooding page says it means there is a danger to life.

The multi-agency group that sets the strategy for the local response to an emergency; in Scotland it is also the statuto

The length of time Be Ready asks every household to be ready to manage for, with water, food and other essentials, while

The charities and voluntary organisations that support the statutory responders; Category 1 responders must have regard

A Met Office warning of impacts from severe weather, coloured yellow, amber or red by the combination of impact and like

The principle, stated on the Be Ready about page and in the Resilience Action Plan, that the UK's resilience depends on