Emergency Planning and Business Continuity

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Whether you live or work in Fife, or are just visiting or passing through, this section will provide you with up to date information about the emergency planning arrangements in Fife and more specifically what Fife Council's contribution is to the planning.

'An Emergency is defined as an event or situation which threatens serious damage to human welfare in a place in the UK, the environment of a community in the UK, or war or terrorism which threatens serious damage to the security of the UK’.  Source: Civil Contingencies Act 2004 



BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Incidents whether large or small, natural, accidental or deliberate can disrupt business critical activities.  This section provides information about the business continuity management processes that can help ensure that any planned/unplanned disruptions can be dealt with and recovered from.

‘Business Continuity Management provides the strategic framework for improving an organisation’s resilience to interruption.  Its purpose is to facilitate the recovery of key business systems and processes within agreed timeframes, while maintaining the organisation’s critical functions and the delivery of its vital services’. Source: Preparing Scotland.

Publications

• Community Risk Register (opens in a new window)
• Major Emergency Plan (opens in a new window)
• Preparing Scotland (Currently under review) (opens in a new window)

See Also

Useful Links

• Ready Scotland - Preparing to respond