Our emergency plan and responsibilities

We work with the emergency services and partner responding agencies to: 

  • identify risks and plan how we can mitigate or control their impact
  • prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies
  • maintain and update emergency plans
  • validate the plans to make sure they work
  • warn, inform and advise people about emergencies
  • work with other organisations and promote business continuity management  

The partners we work with make up the Borough Resilience Forum. They include: 

  • emergency services
  • the military
  • NHS and healthcare trust services
  • faith and community groups
  • voluntary organisations
  • charities and support services
  • government and public bodies
  • transport and infrastructure organisations
  • adult educational institutions
  • business and industry groups
  • utility companies
  • entertainment businesses
  • housing trusts 

Our role in an emergency 

Most emergencies are unpredictable, but planning helps us to make sure we can: 

  • be effective, flexible and timely in how we respond
  • help people stay safe and reduce distress
  • keep essential services running
  • tell people what’s happening and what actions they can take
  • lead the recovery after the emergency is over 

Emergency and business continuity plan 

The plan is designed for incidents that could happen in: 

  • Royal Greenwich
  • neighbouring boroughs
  • other London boroughs
  • other parts of the UK 

Download our emergency and business continuity plan: 

Community risk registers 

These identify possible risks and considers how likely they are to happen. They also look at the potential impact and help us plan and prepare.  

The Royal Greenwich Community Risk Register 

This is a list of possible risks that could affect our borough. 

Download our community risk register:

The London Risk Register 

This is a list of possible risks that could affect London. 

View the London Risk Register on the Greater London Authority (GLA) website

The London Resilience Partnership 

This partnership brings together over 170 organisations with responsibilities for emergency planning and response. 

Find out more about the GLA London Resilience Partnership.