The Essex Community Risk Register

Essex Resilience Forum has a duty under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) to produce a Community Risk Register (CRR) to enable the community to be better prepared to cope during an emergency and to recover more quickly.

This document provides information on emergencies that could happen within the Essex area together with an assessment of how likely they are to happen and the impacts if they do. It aims to summarise the risk to local communities in a format which is user friendly for readers. It does not include every risk, only the ones that have a high possibility of happening. The purpose of the Community Risk Register is to:

• Provide information on risks in the Essex area and how they are managed by the LRF
• Inform you of Emergency Management Steps
• Inform you about the highest risks in Essex and their consequences
• Detail steps that can be taken to become better prepared and more resilient in your home, business, and community
• Provide you with links to organisations and websites to find out more information.

While certain risks are described it does not mean that they will occur in the region. It means there is a possibility of them happening and therefore all agencies within the local resilience forum have plans in place to respond to such incidents. Essex Resilience Forum (ERF) has ensured that planning for concurrent events has been raised to one of their top priorities during the Covid 19 pandemic. Managing an emergency can be challenging and complex, even more so when faced with dealing with multiple events at the same time. ERF have put in place a number of measures to ensure they can respond. The Community Risk Register is the result of professional judgement from a range of contributors, historical evidence, scientific input, and expert analysis in evaluating the key risks facing Essex..

To download a copy of the latest Essex Community Riisk Register, please click on the link below: -