Regional
Government Office for the North East (GONE)
Regional government structure provides the platform for a regional role in emergency response where one would add value by improving co-ordination between local and central response. The actual delivery of a response to a emergency will remain for the most part with local responders.
Government Office for the North East represents central government in the North East. They work to influence contract and develop government programmes and initiatives at a regional and local level, by working in partnership with relevant organisations to meet local needs. Government Offices work with local partners to ensure that regions are able to respond to large-scale incidents either within or bordering their regions. More information on the national picture
Regional Resilience Teams (RRT's)
Regional Resilience Teams were set up to support the civil protection community across the regions in their preparations to handle situations that have a regional or wider impact. In recent years the range of possible challenges has increased and may no longer be restricted to a localised area. This has meant that building the resilience of regions is a Government priority.
Regional Resilience Teams work with local authorities, the emergency services and other key agencies to ensure that the region is prepared to deal with emergencies. They also have the following roles:
- To improve civil protection co-ordination at regional level.
- To improve co-ordination with local responders.
- To support planning for a regional response.
- To co-ordinate government resources in a disaster.
- To assist with recovery.
- To build on existing civil protection structures.
- To create civil protection partnerships.
Regional Resilience Forums (RRF's)
The regional framework has also seen the formation of Regional Resilience Forums (RRF's) to provide multi-agency strategic direction to civil protection planning at a regional level. The RRF's are supported by the Regional Resilience Teams. Membership of Regional Resilience Forums includes: central government agencies, the armed forces, the emergency services and local authorities and chairs of the three LRFs.
The Regional Resilience Forum has established a number of sub groups which are supported by the Regional Resilience Team and are focused on regional level civil protection issues. These include the:
- Regional Mass Fatalities Working Group
- Regional Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Working Group
- Regional Voluntary Group
- Regional Utilities Group
- Impact Management Recovery Group
- Regional Media Emergency Forums (RMEF)
- Regional Animal Infectious Diseases Group
- Regional Human Infectious Diseases Group
- Regional Training & Exercising Group