what we do about emergencies Emergency Planning and Resilience
is responsible for the readiness of the Council to respond to
any emergency alongside the Emergency Services. The activities
of the Council and the other Emergency Services before, during
and after an emergency are dictated by the Civil Contingencies
Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005. The
core of this legislation is to improve the resilience of
communities to respond to disruptive events of any size. This
means that there are obligations upon individuals, families and
businesses to be prepared for an emergency. This also means that
there are statutory duties placed upon Local Authorities,
Emergency Services, various companies and wider Government
Authorities to be prepared for an emergency. The legislation
requires responders to cooperate and coordinate with one another
to ensure their preparedness for any emergency. This involves
all responders creating and maintaining plans that specify what
each responder does in the e