What is the Local Resilience Forum?
The Local Resilience Forum (LRF) brings together local public services to plan and prepare for local incidents and major emergencies. It was formed to meet the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
The LRF is a partnership between local public services, including the emergency services, local authorities, NHS England and the Environment Agency – all Category One responders under the Civil Contingencies Act. The partnership is supported by Category Two responders, such as National Highways and utility companies.
Category One responders
Emergency services:
- Surrey Police
- Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
- South East Coast Ambulance Service
- British Transport Police
Local authorities and county councils:
- Surrey County Council
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Tandridge District Council
- Waverley Borough Council
- Woking Borough Council
Government agencies:
Health partners:
- NHS England South (South East)
- NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
- NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
- UK Health Security Agency
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Non-emergency patient transport services only for parts of Surrey)
Note: Surrey County Council also provide health services in relation to public health and adult social care
Category Two Responders
Government agencies
Transport companies
Utility companies:
- Electricity
- Gas
- Water
- Telephone
Other health partners:
- CSH Surrey
- First Community Health and Care
- Practice Plus Group
- HCRG Care Group - High quality community health and care services
- Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services
Plus: GP practices, dentists, pharmacists and opticians
Other partners:
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- St John Ambulance
- British Red Cross
This work is supported by our sub-groups, each of which brings together partners to work on more detailed plans. The current sub groups include:
- Community Resilience Group/Surrey Prepared
- Welfare Group
- Command, Control, Coordination and Communication Group
- Risk Assessment Working Group
- Adverse Weather Group
- Training and Exercising Group
- Communications Group
- Local Authority Group
Other responsibilities of the LRF
- Publishing the the Surrey Community Risk Register every year. The current edition is Surrey Community Risk Register 2025 to 2026 (PDF).
- Running a programme of training and exercising for partners.
- Writing the Surrey Emergency Response Plan (SERP) and the Surrey Local Resilience Forum Recovery Protocol.
For more information about the LRF please contact the Secretariat on:
- Email: slrf@surreycc.gov.uk (Please note that this inbox is not monitored out of hours)
To find out if your child's school is close during an incident please visit the School Closures page.
Files available to download
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Surrey's Local Resilience Forum - Strategic Climate Change Guidance (PDF)
This guidance document explores the projected risks identified by the Climate Change Risk Group, the likely impacts on Surrey, and how this relates to the Surrey Community Risk Register. -
Surrey Community Risk Register 2026 (PDF)
Surrey’s Community Risk Register provides information about hazards that exist within the county and details the measures in place to mitigate their impact.