Cabinet Office UK Resilience
Last updated: 03 March 2010
Telecommunications Sub-Groups (TSGs) have been established of in each Local Resilience Forum (LRF) area as an integral part of the Resilient Telecommunications Strategy. The Chair or point of contact for TSGs can be found in the TSG Contact Directory [March 2010 - PDF, 3 pages, 78KB].
The role of the LRF Telecommunications Sub-Groups is to ensure local responders and their partners are able to communicate effectively even when faced with the most challenging circumstances. Advice on estblishment of the groups was provided in a bulletin to LRF Chairs (September 2007) [PDF, 4 pages, 218KB].
The key early task for the groups is the development and ownership of a Resilient Telecommunications Plan. This is to be a living document updated as experience is gained through testing and exercising the arrangements, and as circumstances change.
CCS has now published Guidance for Local Resilience Forums’Telecommunications Sub-Groups, which sets down the full Terms of Reference for the Groups and includes an informative Q&A on information sharing with the telecommunications companies.
Further information that may be of assistance in establishing the Plan:
As the Strategy is implemented and the Groups mature, we envisage the Groups evolving to become a centre of knowledge on the resilience of communications in their area and able to offer advice when preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies.
The latest workshop for chairs and members of the TSGs was held in Birmingham on 8 September. As well as representatives from the TSGs and LRFs, the event was also attended by telecoms leads from the Government Offices and industry partners.
The day saw a range of presentations given covering the main projects from the Resilient Telecommunications Programme, the Interoperability Programme, and the development of the Surrey telecoms plan. These presentations can be downloaded from the links below. A note on the many points and suggestions made during the afternoon’s break-out session is also given below.
A Workshop was held in London on 1st February 2008 for representatives from the TSGs. The note of the workshop [PDF, 7 pages, 127KB] contains an overview of the Resilient Telecommunications Plan and how the Plan might be developed by the September 2008 deadline.
The workshop included the following presentations:
At the request of workshop attendees Sussex LRF has provided the form that they have developed to conduct a survey of telecommunications resilience [Word Doc, 11 pages, 178KB].
CCS held a workshop in Autumn 2006 - each Local Resilience Forum in England and Wales and other key stakeholders were invited to the event. The event was used to update stakeholders on the various strands of work being undertaken to enhance resilient telecommunications, and provide an opportunity for contributing to the strategy.
The workshop included the following presentations:
Workshop sessions where also held where stakeholders were asked three questions:
A summary of the key themes [PDF, 2 pages, 90KB] sets out the issues raised by local responders during the workshop session and question sessions.
A Stakeholder Panel has been set up to help advise CCS on the development of the Resilient Telecommunications Strategy to ensure that it meets the needs of stakeholders. The panel brings together representatives of those organisations who are core to the UK's emergency response.
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