ResilienceDirect

Update

Jan 2016

What is ResilienceDirect?

ResilienceDirect is a service built for the Resilience Community, by the Resilience Community. Providing a secure platform for sharing information that supports

effective multi-agency working and offers a greater sense of shared situational awareness.

ResilienceDirect Governance Structure

ResilienceDirect National Group

ResilienceDirect East Midlands Regional Group

Role is to share good practice and ideas and make recommendations to the

RD National Group on what we determine are the key development priorities.

We have nominated two members to attend the National Group meetings.

Current Membership

Single Sign on | Shared groups and permissions | Device agnostic | Platform for new apps

Your Resilience Platform

Device neutral

access from any

location

Information Sharing

ResilienceDirect enables the Resilience Community to share information across organisational and geographical boundaries, quickly and securely.

How would I use ResilienceDirect in Planning?

• Document Store to share minutes and plans• Online Calendar for meeting and exercise dates• UK wide contact directory for users and groups• Online profiles for all users

How would I use ResilienceDirect in Response?

• Response template • Share real-time information across the responding organisations• Collate Situation Reports and Actions • Utilise the notification function to email responders

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Mapping

ResilienceDirect enables the Resilience Community to access Ordnance Survey basemaps and overlay their local data. In addition they can utilise the drawing tools provided within the application.

How would I use Mapping in Planning?

• Overlay your own data• Provide accurate exports for your plans• Define management zones

How would I use Mapping in Response?

• Create a response map• Use the drawing tools to define cordons, control points and access routes• Overlay local data to inform the TCG/SCG

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Exercise Polar Resilience

October 2014

Use of Resilience Direct During Storm Desmond

• Cumbria set up a Strategic Recovery group structure to deal with

the aftermath.

• RD Maps used to brief up to ministers re impact on Cumbrian

infrastructure (bridges and roads destroyed/flood extents)

• RD used again over Christmas period for Storm Frank - impact now

in Yorkshire as well

• Again RD Maps was used, this time from a COBR perspective to

look at the impact around Tadcaster (bridge)

• Continues to be used in recovery

ResilienceDirect Support Desk•Run by Resilience Planning Solutions (RPS)

•In depth knowledge of both the system and resilience

•Revision of user guides

•Focusing on new tutorial videos

•Contact via support@resilience.gov.uk

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ResilienceDirect Hub•Single Sign on

•Security and architecture at the top level

•Controls groups, roles, users and permissions across multiple apps

•Core apps (docs, maps, response)

•Organisation/Capability specific apps

ResilienceDirect Maps•Release every 6 weeks

•Add your own data (CSV, SHP or preferably via WMS)

•Working with national organisations to bring more data (Met Office, EA,

HSE)

•LRFs permission groups on the roadmap

•Priorities identified for development between now and March 2016

ResilienceDirect Response•Free to access, modern and intuitive

•Accessible by multi agency partners

•Follows (M)ETHANE

•Shared Situational Awareness

•Common Operating Picture

ResilienceDirect Response - ALPHA

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ResilienceDirect Crowdfunding•Alpha product built with crowdfunding backing

•Funding required to productionise

•Build once, share many times

•Auditable, secure, accredited and accessible by multi agency colleagues

•Follows nationally agreed standards

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