Belfast Resilience publications

Belfast Resilience has produced a range of documents to inform the public about our work and how they can be prepared to help themselves before, during and after emergencies.

Examples include:

Community Risk Register
Recovery Plan
Household Emergency Life-saving Plan (PDF - 700KB)
Belfast Resilience Progress Report 2009-2011 (PDF - 62KB) - This report shows the work which has been undertaken by the Belfast Resilience Forum between 2009 and 2011. This includes summaries of:

What regional and national groups Belfast Resilience works with
Emergency response plans which have been written or updated
Training and exercises which have taken place
Incidents and events in Belfast where organisations have worked together
The key priorities for the Belfast Resilience Forum in 2011/2012.

Community Risk Register

This document is the first assessment of any risks and hazards which could result in a foreseeable serious emergency affecting the Belfast City Council electoral area.

Our Community Risk Register (CRR) has been prepared by our Risk Assessment working group.

It is part of the wider process of preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies which may affect Belfast as a 21st century city.

The main purposes of the CRR are:

to communicate risk information across all levels and departments of government and the emergency services
to give members of the public information about any risks and hazards which could result in a serious emergency affecting the Belfast City Council electoral area and its citizens
to help organisations identify stakeholders, clarify their roles and improve co-ordination with other agencies
to help organisations allocate resources to high priority hazards.

Download the Community Risk Register (PDF - 842KB)

Recovery Plan

Recovery is defined as 'the process of restoring and rebuilding the community in the aftermath of a major emergency or incident'.

In the event of an emergency, a long-term, complex process with a multi-agency approach would be needed to help with the recovery of individuals and communities.

Our Recovery Plan provides a generic, strategic outline for this recovery process. It also includes a range of specific plans which address particular issues.

Download the Recovery Plan (PDF – 95KB)

The plan has been prepared by our Recovery working group, in consultation with organisations who may be involved in any recovery process.

The plan also has several appendices:

Appendix 1 - Multi-agency co-ordination (PDF – 120KB)
Appendix 2 - Handover procedure (PDF – 44KB)
Appendix 3 - Community assistance centres (PDF – 67KB)
Appendix 4 - Humanitarian needs of displaced communities (PDF – 37KB)
Appendix 5 - Operational procedures for displaced families (June 2009) (Word - 87KB)
Appendix 6 - Physical and psychological health issues (PDF – 47KB)
Appendix 7 - Financial aid to individuals (PDF – 34KB)
Appendix 8 - British Red Cross Disaster Appeals Scheme (PDF – 36KB)
Appendix 9 - British Red Cross provision of logistics support (PDF – 48KB)
Appendix 10 - Community engagement (PDF – 50KB)
Appendix 11 - Building surveying and damage mapping (PDF – 60KB)
Appendix 12 - Co-ordination of road clearance (PDF – 66KB)
Appendix 13 - Military aid (PDF – 40KB)
Appendix 14 - Urban regeneration (PDF – 31KB)
Appendix 15 - Business recovery (PDF – 326KB)
Appendix 16 - Utilities (PDF – 50KB)
Appendix 17 - Transport (PDF – 38KB)
Appendix 18 - Dealing with waste (PDF – 57KB)