Emergency Planning
All local councils have a major coordinating role in:
- planning what to do in an emergency and
- helping the community to recover from major incidents.
Our Aim
We aim to make sure that we are ready to respond and help the community if a major emergency takes place in the local area.
We can provide support in a number of ways following a disaster. For example, we can:
- make buildings such as leisure and community centres available to people
- provide health and safety advice on cleaning up after major flooding or pollution
- assess structural damage to buildings, and
- co-ordinate and lead multi-agency meetings to plan recovery.
We have a general emergency plan that will help us to respond to any emergency. With the assistance of multi-agency working groups, Ballymoney Borough Council are currently drawing up plans for specific emergencies in the area.
Contacts
Tel. 028 2766 0200
Fax 028 2766 0222
e-mail: emergencyplanning@ballymoney.gov.uk
Further Contacts
The Central Emergency Planning Unit (NI) http://cepu.nics.gov.uk/
UK Resilience http://www.ukresilience.info
The Business Continuity Institute http://www.thebci.org
The Cabinet Office Preparing for Emergencies http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk
