Introduction

When everyone works together to deal with an emergency—individuals, communities, businesses and emergency responder organisations—the associated challenges are easier to overcome. There are many things that make a community resilient, and the needs, priorities and solutions vary across the diverse communities of Scotland.

This module provides an overview of the steps that any community can take to become more resilient and to be well prepared for responding to an emergency. It also provides information on building strong connections with local responder organisations.

Who this module is for

• Anyone with an interest in making themselves or their community better prepared for emergencies
• Anyone considering setting up a group to help their community to be better prepared for emergencies
• Community groups looking to change the way they work to improve the help and support provided for their community in an emergency

What you’ll learn

• What emergency resilience means from a community perspective
• How communities can come together to consider local emergencies and what can be done
• How community groups can connect with official emergency response organisations during real emergency situations