Through the Sussex Resilience Forum (SRF), organisations work together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The SRF is responsible for coordinating and testing emergency plans and procedures so that member organisations are prepared to meet their duties specified under the Civil Contingencies Act.

During an incident or emergency, members of the resilience forum work together to support the organisation/s that are leading the response.

Category 1 responders

Emergency services

  • Sussex Police
  • West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
  • East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
  • South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • British Transport Police

Local authorities

  • Brighton and Hove City Council
  • East Sussex County Council
  • West Sussex County Council
  • Eastbourne Borough Council
  • Hastings Borough Council
  • Lewes District Council
  • Rother District Council
  • Wealden District Council
  • Adur District Council
  • Arun District Council
  • Chichester District Council
  • Crawley Borough Council
  • Horsham District Council
  • Mid Sussex District Council
  • Worthing Borough Council

Sussex NHS

  • NHS Sussex
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS England (South East)

Other partners

  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Environment Agency

Category 2 responders

Utilities

  • National Grid
  • UK Power Network
  • South East Water
  • Southern Water
  • Portsmouth Water
  • Scottish & Southern Energy

Communications network

  • 02
  • EE
  • 3
  • Vodafone

Transport

  • Highways England
  • Southern Trains
  • South Eastern Trains
  • EWS (freight operator)
  • Network Rail

Airports

  • London Gatwick Airport
  • Brighton and Hove City Airport

Harbour authorities

  • Shoreham Harbour
  • Newhaven Harbour
  • Rye Harbour

Other partners

  • Met Office
  • Health and Safety Executive
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Sussex Chamber of Commerce

Voluntary, community and social enterprises

  • British Red Cross
  • St John Ambulance
  • Cruse Bereavement Care
  • Disaster Action
  • Raynet
  • Salvation Army
  • The Samaritans
  • Victim Support
  • Sussex 4×4 Response
  • RVS

The Sussex Resilience Forum is hosted on behalf of all partners by Sussex Police.