About us

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Resilience Forum covers the policing area of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work together with partners to safeguard the lives, property and wellbeing of residents, communities and businesses, and help reduce the impact from emergencies and major incidents.

Preparing for emergencies is part of our day-to-day job. We are required to deliver emergency planning by:

• Co-operating and sharing information to improve co-ordination and collaboration between partners
• Assessing the type of risks that might affect our region and the likelihood they might happen
• Putting in place:
  • emergency plans, each addressing a different type of scenario
  • business continuity management arrangements
  • arrangements to warn, inform and advise the public in the event of an emergency
• Making information available to the public about protecting their property, the community and the environment
• Providing advice and assistance to businesses and voluntary organisations about business continuity management
• Training and exercising – we have a schedule of training, testing and undertake practice exercises to ensure that partners and their staff are familiar with the plans

LLR Resilience Forum partners

Category 1 responders

Organisations at the core of the response to most emergencies, with full responsibility to protect communities:

• Leicestershire Police
  Saving and protecting life, preserving the scene and evidence, co-ordinating the activities of multi-agency partners.
• Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
  Rescuing people trapped by fire, wreckage or debris, dealing with released chemicals or other contaminants to make an incident site safe, recommending exclusion zones.
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
  Sustaining life through emergency treatment at the scene, co-ordinating the on-site NHS response and determining the hospital(s) to which injured people should be taken depending on the types of injuries received.
• NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
  Tackling health inequalities and improving the health, wellbeing and life experiences of our local population.
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  Saving life and providing emergency treatment of casualties away from the scene. In the event of an emergency resulting in large numbers of casualties, the ambulance service will designate receiving hospital(s) from several hospital sites across the region. Within Leicestershire, casualties will be managed at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
  Ensuring continuity of community health services, providing care and support.
• Local Authorities
  Representing the community, supporting the Emergency Services during an emergency response by opening emergency centres, leading and co-ordinating the recovery process afterwards:
  • Blaby District Council
  • Charnwood Borough Council
  • Harborough District Council
  • Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
  • Leicester City Council
  • Leicestershire County Council
  • Melton Borough Council
  • North West Leicestershire District Council
  • Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
  • Rutland County Council
• Environment Agency
  Environmental regulator with a wide range of roles and responsibilities including responding to incidents affecting the natural environment, human health or property.
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
  Protecting communities from the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, and other health threats.
• NHS England
  Prioritising, commissioning and overseeing the delivery of health services.
• British Transport Police
  Dealing with incidents affecting trains and rail networks.

Category 2 responders

Co-operating bodies that are less likely to be involved in the core planning work but may be heavily involved in incidents:

• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  Monitoring safety of hazardous processes and infrastructure.
• Met Office
  Providing weather and climate information, warnings and advice.
• East Midlands Airport
  Making bespoke plans for site-specific incidents at East Midlands Airport and its immediate vicinity.
• Mining Remediation Authority
  Managing effects of past coal mining, mine water pollution and other mining legacy issues.
• Highways England
  Managing and improving England’s Road network, ensuring safer journeys.
• Network Rail
  Maintaining the railway infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales.
• Cadent
  Keeping communities warm, safe and connected, responding quickly in a gas emergency.
• National Grid
  Delivering gas and electricity to homes and businesses.
• Severn Trent
  Operating across the Midlands and Wales, providing fresh, clean drinking water to homes and businesses, protecting the environment.
• Anglian Water
  Operating in the East of England, providing water supply, sewerage and sewage treatment.

Other key partners

• Animal and Plant Health Agency
  Leading on incidents of notifiable animal disease.
• Military
  Supporting the civil authorities when they have an urgent and specialised need for assistance to deal with a major incident.