Emergency planning

Details on what we do to prepare for emergencies, and what you can do to protect your family or business.

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  • About our emergency planning and business continuity team

    Information from the Emergency planning team who support the Councils functions to co-ordinate, monitor, develop and review Emergency Planning and Business continuity plans and policies.
  • Planning for emergencies

    Details on a number of ways you can prepare for emergencies, increasing the resilience of your family and ensuring everyone knows what to do and how to stay safe during an emergency.
  • Business continuity

    Business continuity can help your business to develop documented plans on how to maintain 'business as usual' in the event of a significant disruption.
  • Land drainage and flooding

    Learn how you can keep up to date with any ongoing flooding in the Wakefield District, as well as our procedure for dealing with flooding, and flood prevention strategies.
  • Weather disruption

    Keep up to date with the latest weather disruptions across the Wakefield district.
  • Winter weather

    Learn more about our winter weather procedures and how you can stay safe.

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