Resilience

The Joint Resilience Unit is responsible for ensuring, operationally, that the City & County of Swansea Council and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council are compliant and carry out their legislative duties as dictated by civil contingencies legislation

The specific Regulations the Local Authorities have to adhere to are: (Click to view)

1. Civil Contingencies Act 2004
2. The Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
3. The Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996 
4. Radiation (Emergency Preparedness & Public Information) Regulations 2001 (REPPIR)

The CCA 2004 replaced both the Civil Defence Act 1948 and the Emergency Powers Act 1920, and addresses the contingency planning and emergency management responsibilities of Local Authorities and other agencies, for example, emergency services, as well as providing the framework by which the government may invoke emergency powers.

The CCA 2004 requires the Council to work and co-operate with other agencies in the:-

• planning stage, to prevent or mitigate the effects of an emergency;
• response to the emergency; and in
• recovery from the effects, to return to normality

To enable City & County of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Councils to adhere to these duties, the Joint Resilience Unit work closely with Directorates internally and with other Category 1 & 2 responders. Category 1 responders are organisations that will form the core of the local response to an emergency and include the Police, Fire & Rescue Service, Ambulance & Health Service, Environment Agency, Maritime & Coastguard Agency and the Local Authority. Category 2 responders have lesser duties placed upon them.

The JRU have developed a 'Resilience Policy' to describe how the City & County Council & Neath Port Talbot will prepare for and respond to the duties set out in the CCA.

To contact the JRU, please ring (01792) 637420 or e-mail at resilience@swansea.gov.uk