About Cumbria Prepared

Cumbria Prepared is an online toolkit for people to prepare for emergencies. It’s run by the Cumbria Local Resilience Forum.

Local Resilience Forum

A Local Resilience Forum (LRF) plans to prepare for, respond to, and recover from major emergencies or incidents in the UK.

Each region will have a LRF for its area. 

Learn more about Local Resilience Forums on GOV.UK
 

Firefighters
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Category 1 responders

Category 1 responders are part of the Local Resilience forum, and include:

  • British Transport Police
  • Cumberland Council
  • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
  • Cumbria Police
  • Environment Agency
  • HM Coastguard
  • NHS England
  • North West Ambulance Service
  • Westmorland and Furness Council

Category 2 responders

Some organisations are not part of the LRF, but work with us. These include:

  • Cadent (Gas)
  • Category 2 responders
  • Electricity North West
  • Harbour Authority
  • Met Office
  • National Highways
  • Network Rail
  • Northern Gas
  • Telecommunications (BT)
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • United Utilities

Voluntary agencies

Highly skilled voluntary organisations in Cumbria help resolve emergencies with responders. Sometimes this can be over county boundaries. These include:

  • Bay Search and Rescue
  • British Red Cross
  • Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
  • CVS - Community Partnerships
  • Maryport Inshore Rescue
  • Mountain Rescue
  • North Cumbria Search and Rescue
  • RAYNET
  • RSPCA
  • Salvation Army
  • St John Ambulance