Membership
The Local Resilience Forum (LRF) consists of a wide variety of members (also referred to as partners), these are categorised into 4 distinct groups.
Category 1 - Are core to the emergency response and are subject to the full set of civil protection duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
Category 2 - Are required to co-operate and share information with other Category 1 and 2 responders and must be well integrated with all other partners around emergency planning, response and recovery
Other - Are a small group of partners that although do not sit as a Category 1 or 2 responder are still pivotal to the make up and workings of the Local Resilience Forums.
Voluntary Agencies - A crucial part of all LRF's, these partners assist and support the response and recovery of all the above agencies and are well imbedded in the multi-agency landscape.
LRF Members
Thames Water
Thames water is the largest water and waste company in the UK and serves around 15 million customers. In the Wiltshire area it predominantly serves the North of the County.
UKHSA
UKHSA (previously known as PHE) is the UK's permanent standing capability to prepare for, prevent and respond to health security hazards.
Victim Support
Victim Supports (VS’s) role in the event of a major incident will be to provide humanitarian assistance to victims, witnesses, family, friends and local communities affected by the event.
Wessex 4x4 Response
Wessex 4x4 response provide resilient logistical support for Category 1 responders and local agencies during adverse weather conditions or other incidents
Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council is one of the two Local Authorities in Wiltshire and in incident response is responsible for a wide variety of tasks such as welfare of residents and highway maintenance. Alongside its activities in response one or both of the two Local Authorities will lead the recovery phase of all incidents.
Wiltshire Police
Wiltshire Police is a key partner is incident response and will deal with anything from road traffic collisions, anti-social behaviour or rural crime. There is rarely a multi-agency incident where the Police do not have some involvement.
Wiltshire Search and Rescue
Wiltshire Search and Rescue (WILSAR) is a lowland search and rescue charity set up to predominantly search and locate missing people within Wiltshire. They do however work across multiple disciplines and are always available to assist in major incidents and offer support in any areas they can.