Community Risk Register
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Community Risk Register shows the risks that could happen in our county.
Each risk has a rating - from very high to low - based on how likely it is to happen and the impact it could have.
Working with our partners, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Resilience Forum (CPLRF) use this information to:
- Develop multi-agency emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the impact of incidents in our community.
- Carry out regular training events and live and tabletop exercises to test our emergency response plans.
You can use this information to help you prepare your household, protect your business and protect your community to make yourselves, your friends, family and neighbours more resilient to emergencies.
The CPLRF has a duty under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) to produce a Community Risk Register that highlights those risks that have the highest likelihood of happening and the greatest potential to have significant impact on local communities resulting in wide scale disruption.
The purpose of the Community Risk Register is to:
- Inform you about the highest risks in the county and their consequences
- Detail steps that can be taken to become better prepared and more resilient in your home, business and community
- Provide you with links to organisations and websites to find out more information.
While certain risks are mentioned it does not mean that they will definitely occur in the region. It means there is a possibility of them happening and therefore all agencies within the local resilience forum have plans in place to respond to such incidents.
The Community Risk Register is the result of professional judgement from a range of contributors, historical evidence, scientific input and expert analysis in evaluating the key risks facing the different regions.
Why it is relevant to you
The Community Risk Register identifies the risks that have the highest likelihood of happening in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Being aware of these and the consequences of these incidents will help you to be prepared should such an incident occur.
Some may be more relevant to you than others, for example, if you live near a river, flooding is more likely to affect you. Although flash flooding can happen anywhere and affect people’s homes, so it is useful for everyone to be aware of what to do.
Other incidents, such as a power cut, could affect any of us at any time, so being prepared is vital.
You can also help others in your local community who are less able to help themselves.
How are risks identified and categorised?
CPLRF looks at the different emergency situations that could occur, taking guidance from the Government's National Risk Register. It then looks at how likely it is for each risk to happen in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and what the impact would be if it did happen. Risks are categorised using a scale from no risk to very high risk.
What are we doing about them?
Once we have categorised these risks, plans are written to set out how the partnership of agencies would respond to the situation. These include how we will work together to protect lives, property and the environment and how we will communicate to the public. These complex plans are reviewed and tested on a regular basis.
What can you do about them?
The Top Risks for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are those most likely to affect our county.
The risks have been assigned a level and grouped as to how likely they are to happen and what impact they will have on residents. For the Red and Amber risks, more information is available about their consequences and how best to prepare for them.
When thinking about how you can prepare for these events, please also consider any neighbours or family members who may need assistance if an incident should occur.
There is also information about how you can stay informed by the emergency services about what is happening. Why not start following our agencies on social media now? It is one less thing to worry about if something did happen.