1. Community Resilience –
Engaging with Stakeholders
Michael Gurden
Senior Emergency Planning Officer
Essex Civil Protection & Emergency Management
for Essex County Fire & Rescue Service
Email : michael.gurden@essex.gov.uk

2. • Brief reminder of Command and Control
• LA responsibilities
• ECPEM role
• Recovery
• Initiatives

3. Emergency Response
Emergencies are co-ordinated on a multi-
agency response at three levels: -
• Strategic Gold
• Tactical Silver
• Operational Bronze

4. Essex Civil Protection & Emergency
Management
In January 2012 Essex County Fire &
Rescue Service formed a partnership with
Essex County Council and formed the
ECPEM team (formally ECC Emergency
Planning)

5. Responsibilities During An Emergency
• Emergency Assistance
Shelter (Rest Centre; Family
and Friends Reception Centre,
Humanitarian Assistance
Centre)
• Support Police at Survivor
Reception Centre
• Recovery and Clear-up
• Memorials and anniversary
remembrance
• Transportation
• Children’s Services
• Adult Social Care
• Co-ordinate the voluntary
agencies
• Co-ordinate mutual aid
District, Borough
and City Councils
Essex County Council

6. ECPEM Role
• Provide 24/7 Duty Officer Cover
• Maintain an Emergency Response Capability in the CERC with
trained volunteers from ECC
• Enable ECC to work with partners i.e. County Strategic Group (CSG
formed from Corporate Leadership Team and the Political
Leadership Team) and the County Tactical Group (CTG)
• Provide Liaison / Support Officer for ECC Gold representative at
Multi Agency Strategic Command Group (Gold)
• Co-ordinate the work of the Voluntary Network
• Co-ordinate the response should several LA’s be involved

7. 7

8. Community Resilience

9. Recovery
How is it managed?
Long Term – The Scene
• Recovery cannot be underestimated in terms of
resources and time
• Decontamination
• Waste/Hazardous Material Disposal
• Resurfacing
• Co-ordinate utilities
• Environmental monitoring

10. Recovery
Long Term – The People
Health Issues
Psychological Issues / Trauma
Crisis Support Team for Essex (CSTE)
provides:
• Emotional and practical support for the people of
Essex who have been affected by a disaster

11. Recovery
Long Term – The Businesses
Business recovery including:-
• Employment Issues
• Revenue Issues
• Redevelopment Opportunities
• Rejuvenation of the local economy

12. Current Initiatives
Communicating with the public is a duty on all Category 1 Responders
• Multi Agency working on warning and informing under the ERF
• Engaging with communities
• Working with the local media
• Innovative ways to deliver messages to the wider community
• Establishing a National Awareness Course at the Easingwold
Emergency Planning Collage
• Developed a protocol for Variable Message System (Highways
Agency)
• Developing Community Resilience through schools

13. Working with Schools
Developing tool kits to engage children to
raise their awareness on emergency
planning through fun activities meeting the
national curriculum

14. Community Resilience
• “To engage the public to take responsibility for
themselves, their family and the wider community prior
to an emergency is difficult….the lack of interest is
characteristic of many people…..”
• Larsson and Enders 1997
• Research suggests that engagement with the community
is cost effective and can change behaviour

15. Community Engagement with
Stakeholders
Our aim
• Promote Community Resilience through Schools
Objectives
• Make schools a safer place for children and other school
users
• To create an environment for Children to learn and share
• To change behaviour
• To develop community resilience through Children
• Example ………..Tilly and the Tsunami

16. What if we could make a resilient child who is able to…….
Be confident
Communicate
Listen and understand
Understand and follow
rules
Think and plan ahead
Perceive risks and
hazards
Make considered
choices
Work in teams
Have a good
community spirit
Understand
emergencies
Appreciate the roles
of emergency
services

17. Interactive learning

18. Children aged 6
years to 11 years
learning about
Emergencies

21. Whatif……? CD

22. www.whatif-guidance.org

24. Interactive

25. Strategic Planning

26. 5. Do you now have a Grab Bag at home, ready for
any emergency?
36%
64%
Yes
No
7. Did you enjoy the Ben and Molly 'What If'
game?
79%
21%
Yes
No
6. Do you know what a Rest Centre is?
78%
22%
Yes
No
8. Did you look at the 'What If' calendar?
63%
37%
Yes
No

27. Working with partners

28. Community Engagement
• Are you ready for winter campaign
• Using “What if” to draw the children, which draws the parents
• Engagement with other ECC Services – Trading Standards, Social
Care, Fire Service
• Positive response by All – this event acted as a trigger
• Engagement with media
• Getting the media on your side – local and national

30. The future
Molly and Ben?

31. Evolution of Molly and Ben

32. Thank You
Questions?