Regional Resilience Teams
From SR
History and Roles
Regional Resilience Teams (RRTs) have been operational in each of the Government Offices in the nine English Regions since April 2003. These teams facilitate much of the new regional activity and play an integral part in both planning and response. They take the lead in managing key relationships with local responders, communicating between regional partners, and between the regions and central Departments; and provide improved information gathering and reporting back to the centre.
The aim is to bring together key players and promote communication between the regions and central government, and between each region and its local responders.
Regional resilience teams support Regional Resilience Forum, which are made up of central government agencies, the armed forces, the emergency services and local authorities.
A full list of Regional Resilience Teams can be accessed via the UK Resilience website.
Structure
A senior official leads the teams, with support from 3-4 staff drawing heavily on external civil protection experience.
