Community Resilience

Largo Area Resilience Group – Update & Call Out

The Largo Area Resilience Group recently held a planning meeting to strengthen how our community prepares for and responds to emergencies.

Here’s a summary of what’s been happening – and how you can get involved.

What We’ve Been Up To

• A desktop emergency planning exercise led by resilience expert Dave Wishart highlighted valuable lessons about how we respond as a community.

• We revisited our four-phase approach to resilience:

  • Preparedness – proactive planning

  • Readiness – responding to early warnings

  • Response – taking action during events

  • Recovery – starting to adapt and rebuild, even while events are still unfolding

We also discussed the three levels of resilience:
🔹 Individual – personal planning
🔹 Community – coordinated local response
🔹 Systemic – support from councils, utilities, and emergency services

Our focus is on strengthening community resilience – the vital link between households and the larger systems that support us.

Key Actions & Priorities

• Better Communication: Updating our volunteer contact system, improving public awareness, and having clear ways to share warnings and updates.

• Volunteer Planning: Matching volunteers to the right tasks and considering a local coordinator system for each area.

• Local Resources: Starting a register of assets – including people, skills, equipment, and premises – that could be useful in an emergency.

• Partnership Working: Strengthening links with the Fife Resilience Forum and Ready Scot, and building relationships with local businesses and community venues.

How You Can Help

We’re keen to:

• Identify volunteers and coordinators across the area

• Gather local knowledge, tools, and offers of help

• Hear from anyone interested in resilience walks or local events

• Connect with businesses willing to play a role in emergency response

Whether you’re a local resident, volunteer, business owner, or simply curious, this is a great time to get involved.

Let’s work together to build a more resilient, connected, and prepared community.

To find out more or offer support, please get in touch – just email [email protected]