Issue - meetings

To receive a report providing an update on the revised Emergency Planning operating model, detailing service delivery improvements and clarifying the Council’s statutory duties and expectations as a Category 1 responder in accordance with the Civil Contingencies Act.

A report by the Community Resilience Manager was submitted (a copy of which is appended to the Minute Book) providing an update on the revised Emergency Planning operating model, detailing service delivery improvements and clarifying the Council’s statutory duties and expectations as a Category 1 responder, in accordance with the Civil Contingencies Act.

The Community Resilience Manager introduced the report, making particular reference to the response to the Major Incident at Huntingdon Train Station in November 2025, which had been effective and had been highlighted at the Local Resilience Forum at County and National level, which the Committee commended.

In response to questions from the Committee, the Community Resilience Manager advised that Bronze operational training had taken place for 20 officers in late 2025, with further training scheduled in 2026. Having more officers trained would help bring extra resilience and prevent burnout as more rotation of officers could take place and ensure Council business was not affected. Furthermore, there had been a turnover of I-Grade Managers in the position of on-call Silver Command which needed to be replaced, so training was continuous.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the Committee commented on and noted the current position as set out in the report.

At 7:13pm, Councillor Gray took his seat in the meeting.