A Community Resilience and Emergency Support Group is a community based organisation that provides voluntary emergency support, our roots are based in Civil Defence.
Civil Defence is defined as being "preparation for, and actual non-combatant assistance to individuals, groups or communities in need of immediate help as a result of natural or man-made events, whether war be declared or not".
The assistance may include, but is not limited to, Rescue, Firefighting, First Aid, Shelter, Feeding, Communications, Nursing, Counselling and Befriending.
Historically Wolverhampton has strong links with the Civil Defence Services (click here to find out a little more).
Our volunteers are educated about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their community and trained to provide basic disaster response skills.
As such we are proud to wear the Emblem of Civil Defence (shown below) on our uniforms, with permission granted from the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO).
Civil Defence is defined as being "preparation for, and actual non-combatant assistance to individuals, groups or communities in need of immediate help as a result of natural or man-made events, whether war be declared or not".
The assistance may include, but is not limited to, Rescue, Firefighting, First Aid, Shelter, Feeding, Communications, Nursing, Counselling and Befriending.
Historically Wolverhampton has strong links with the Civil Defence Services (click here to find out a little more).
Our volunteers are educated about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their community and trained to provide basic disaster response skills.
As such we are proud to wear the Emblem of Civil Defence (shown below) on our uniforms, with permission granted from the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO).