The UK government’s new Emergency Alerts system is now live. The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. It will be used to warn you in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding.
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In December 2022, the Emergencies Partnership hosted a series of scenario exercises as we relaunched the regional touch points with a table top exercise designed to test and strengthen partner relationships in response to a cold weather emergency.
This page contains summary points from the discussions and resources
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In April 2022, we hosted a Table top Exercise (TTX) — a discussion-based session allowing organisations and individuals to discuss what they believe their roles would be and their response to a particular situation. The scenario of the event focussed on heatwaves, with the frequency of such weather events expected to rise in the coming years.
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For its first capability session for 2022 Melvin Hartley, spoke on Volunteer Management in an Emergency and about how the organisations he visited worked with volunteers to prepare, respond to, and learn from emergencies with the greatest effect, along with how volunteers are vital in both the response to an emergency and the recovery afterwards. He provided insight into managing and working with volunteers, no matter their experience, training, or whether they were regular or spontaneous volunteers.
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