Birmingham Resilience Team

Cold Weather Alert – level 2

The Met Office have issued a Cold Weather Alert – Level 2 – that indicates that there is a 60% probability of severe cold weather between 1800 on Sunday 29th Jan and 0900 on Tuesday 31st Jan across the West Midlands. Please see the Met Office website for further details by using More...
Carers Emergency Response Service – Offering back-up support to carers

Cheryl Jones, CERS Outreach Manager has provided the following information which we would ask carers to read – this is an invaluable service that could be very beneficial for planning your care arrangements. The Carers Emergency Response Service (CERS) is the emergency service for Carers More...
West Midlands Police Launch New Number

WEST Midlands Police, together with other police forces in the region, is launching a new, non-emergency contact number for the public today (Tuesday 08 November). The new 101 number is being introduced to improve access to police, ease pressure on the 999 system and to help tackle crime and anti-so More...
City stages emergency exercise – photos

The Broad Street area of Birmingham was transformed last Sunday morning (30 October) by the staging of the largest emergency planning exercise to be held this year. Exercise Birmingham Shield was held to assess how prepared the city would be in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or More...
Birmingham is ready for winter

Birmingham City Council, in partnership with Amey, has launched its winter maintenance service which aims to keep the city moving safely over the winter months. This year, the city will benefit from a fleet of brand new gritters and snow ploughs all equipped with state-of-the-art GPS (Global Positio More...