You are in:
Guide: Keeping the Country Running: Natural Hazards and Infrastructure
Consultation seeks wider views from government, regulators, industry groups, infrastructure owners and emergency responders. Views wanted on the practicality of new guidance.
The Guide has been developed in response to the earlier consultation in 2009/10 on the Strategic Framework and Policy Statement for Critical Infrastructure.
It has been compiled by the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Programme (CIRP), led by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, which was established in June 2009. The aim of this cross-sector programme is to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure and essential services to severe disruption from natural hazards.
The Guide aims to support infrastructure owners and operators, emergency responders, industry groups, regulators, and government departments, and help them work together to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure and essential services. It provides advice on:
- identifying and assessing risks from natural hazards
- standards of resilience
- business continuity and corporate governance
- guidance for economic regulated sectors
- information sharing, and
- understanding interdependencies.
The consultation on the Guide will run for a period of eight weeks. Responses received by noon on Friday 6 May 2011 will be considered.
For your copy of the Guide, which includes information of the consultation, click here.
