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Catastrophe preparations Council set to bolster emergencies team

Bristol Post

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June 13, 2025

A TINY team that prepares for disasters and emergencies in Bristol is being beefed up amid long-running concerns that it could not cope if a catastrophe struck.

- Adam POSTANS

Catastrophe preparations Council set to bolster emergencies team

The city council employs just three people, splitting shifts around the clock, to plan for terrorist attacks, high-rise blazes, riots, pandemics, evacuations, floods and other calamitous scenarios.

Audit committee members have received reports every three months since summer 2023 saying it is 'likely' that the authority's ability to respond to major emergencies could be overwhelmed.

So the council has now advertised for two new posts to bolster the team. However, this would only take it back to the five employees it had during a similar report to the committee in November 2022.

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