what3words is a really simple way to talk about location. 3 word addresses are easy to say and share, and are as accurate as GPS coordinates. People use what3words to find their tents at festivals, navigate to B&Bs, and to direct emergency services to the right place.

The Simex Series is the UK’s largest annual international disaster response exercise. It is an operational (live controlled) field exercise designed to establish a learning environment for players to exercise disaster event response plans, policies and procedures.

The National Risk Register 2017 explains the risks of major emergencies that could affect the UK in the next five years and provides resilience advice and guidance.

The Schools community resilience project (SCRP) has been developed in partnership with local emergency services. The aim is to prepare students with an awareness of emergency planning so that they are more self-resilient within our community. The project has been devised as a pull of the shelf resource, which can be used when it suits you. It is full of resources, lesson plans, homework suggestions, research links, video clips, hoax 999 calls, games etc.

Our role is to make sure that the environment and human health are protected, to ensure that Scotland’s natural resources and services are used as sustainably as possible and contribute to sustainable economic growth.

Our aim is to reduce the impacts of flooding on individuals and communities, through providing immediate support and by establishing a network of community resilience groups in flood risk areas to equip communities to cope with the impacts and threat of flooding.

A voluntary Emergency Support organisation. Its concept is to provide opportunities to learn and train in skills to support communities and professional services during emergencies.

The Salvation Army expresses its faith through charitable action by working at the heart of communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. We have 750 community churches and social centres where we offer friendship, practical help and support to some of the most disadvantaged people in our communities.

The Maritime Volunteer Service is a recognised national maritime training organisation and a UK registered charity with more than 25 units around the country providing training to nationally and internationally recognised standards, serving local communities especially in times of need or emergency and taking part in resilience exercises ashore and afloat.