Devon Community Resilience Forum
what is the devon community resilience forum?
Devon Community Resilience Forum is a partnership between Devon Communities Together, Devon County Council, Environment Agency and South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee. We support communities to develop their community emergency plan (CEP); a document that guides community response in an emergency and helps communities to prepare. Community emergency plans are also uploaded to a secure website where they can be viewed by the emergency services, if there is an emergency in your community they will be able to view your plan and understand how the community may already be responding, where there is high risk, and what resources the community has.
Alongside supporting plan development we run twice yearly forum events to help increase your local resilience and network with other communities (the spring/summer event will be in-person and the winter event online), as well as issuing quarterly newsletters to members.
community Emergency planning
For support on creating or updating your community emergency plan, contact Rod Birtles
You can find resources to help with your plan here Resilience Forum Resources
- including case studies, guidance and templates
- Access complementary resources for community resilience groups from Communities Prepared
Grant applications NOW open for 2025/26
Apply now if:
- You are preparing a community emergency plan or
- You have recently submitted a community emergency plan and need practical help to implement it eg small scale works and equipment
Grant funding for emergency planning
have you been affected by flooding?
You can report it on Devon County Council's Flood Risk Management website.
Reporting flooded residential or business property will inform DCC's flood investigation reports and enable them to prioritise their action plan. You will also find further advice about flooding.
Note: this is not for reporting an emergency and will not generate an instant response. If you are at risk of harm from flooding dial 999.
HOme emergency planning
Would you know what to do in an emergency? Find out more here
business resilience
Check out our business continuity page
