The Community Risk Register

The Community Risk Register (CRR) provides information on emergencies that could occur within County Durham and Darlington. It provides, an assessment of how likely they may happen and the impacts should they do so.

The full Community Risk Register is available [external link].

It summarises the CRR in a format which can be easily used by residents and communities.

It identifies:

1. Emergency Management Steps.
2. County Durham and Darlington’s Top Risks.
• Pandemic Influenza.
• Flooding.
• Severe Weather
• Industrial Accident, Environmental Pollution and Major Water Pollution.
• Fuel Shortage.
• Local Electrical Network Failure.
• Animal Health.
• Industrial Action.
3. What you can do to be prepared in your home.
4. How your local community can be prepared.
5. How your business can be prepared.