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Preparing for Emergencies

Government Office for the South West is working with its regional partners to improve the resilience of communities and the response to emergencies.

Government Offices work with local partners to ensure that regions are able to respond to large-scale incidents either within or bordering their regions. More information on the national picture

Government Office for the South West Regional Resilience Team was formed in April 2003 and has four full time members of staff plus a Regional Resilience Director.

We work closely with Central Government and regional partners, including

  • the Emergency Services
  • Local Authorities
  • the Health sector
  • the Military
  • Media organisations
  • Transport companies
  • Utility companies
  • Government agencies such as the Environment Agency
  • Voluntary Organisations

Swine Flu
To access the latest information on the swine flu outbreak please visit the direct gov website.  

Health Advice

To limit the spread of the disease the Department of Health have launched their Catch It! Bin It! Kill It! advice.

Catch your coughs and sneezes in a tissue.

Bin used tissues

Kill the virus by washing your hands with sop and water as soon as possible and use hand sanitizer gels if your hands are visibly clean.

Further advice is available at www.nhs.uk and www.direct.gov.uk/swineflu or call 0800 1 513 513 (free from UK landlines). 

If you have flu like symptoms you are advised to telephone your GP for advice in the first instance or call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47. 

Events, Exercises and Meetings

Events, exercises and meetings taking place regionally and nationally that may be of interest to Emergency Planners in the region are available to download as Excel documents.

It is hoped that making this information available will help avoid conflicting meetings, exercises etc. The documents contain only details of events notified to the Regional Resilience Team.

To assist us in this you are asked to notify the Regional Resilience Team of any new events or errors. The Calendar can be found below in Related Documents.

Related documents

See also on our website

Internet links

Contact information

Regional Resilience Team
Organisational Development and Resilience Directorate
Government Office for the South West
2 Rivergate
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EH
tel: 0117 900 3526
fax: 0117 900 1922
email: resilience.gosw@gosw.gsi.gov.uk


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