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'Getting Risk Ready' Summit will shape future of resilience

More than 80 people from 30 organisations attended our 'Getting Risk Ready' Summit at Warning Zone in Leicester to explore the next steps towards building a stronger culture of resilience and preparedness in the communities we serve.
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The power of planning: Resilience team finesses emergency plan

What happens if people in your community need a safe place to go during a flood or other incident?
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Safety, health and the environment come first in chemical leak exercise

A chemical leak was the latest training exercise scenario for responders to test their emergency plans.
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Leicester's hospitals use exercise to recreate pressures and strengthen plans

More than 80 people took part in the latest LRF training exercise to test the emergency response of the NHS and its partner organisations to a Major Incident at Leicester’s hospitals.
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Invite us along to help your community get 'risk ready'!

We loved meeting people at Leicester's Riverside Festival and chatting about the small things we can all do to be 'risk ready' - so why not invite us along to your next community event?
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Celebrating Armed Forces Week

This Armed Forces Week, we’re celebrating the incredible work of our Armed Forces, past and present – including members of our own Local Resilience Forum (LRF).
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Extreme heat: LRF urges communities to look out for each other

Communities are being urged to look out for each other during a second spell of extreme heat which poses a risk to people of all ages.
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Interactive tabletop kits bring training to life

New, interactive tabletop kits are enhancing our multi-agency training and exercising in preparation for emergencies.
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Emergency centre? Training is a chance to put plans into practice

Emergency centre training for staff at one local council was an opportunity to practise activating, setting up and running an emergency centre in a live-response environment.
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Exercise Sliding Stone strengthens preparedness for wildfires

A multi-agency wildfire exercise brought together more than 20 different agencies to test their response to a high impact wildfire scenario.