For emergency planners and resilience teams

Where emergency planners, responders and partners prepare together

Multi-agency learning, the Local Resilience Forum Conference and Resilience360, in the same halls as the blue light services you plan with.​​​​​​​

The Emergency Services Show (ESS) is an exhibition and learning event for the whole UK emergency services community. This page is for emergency planners, Local Resilience Forum (LRF) partners, local authority and NHS resilience teams, business continuity and critical infrastructure leads, and the voluntary and faith organisations that support response and recovery. LRFs are the multi-agency partnerships that plan for emergencies in each area. ESS 2027 takes place on 6-7 October 2027 at the NEC Birmingham.

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6-7 October
Two Show Days
NEC BIRMINGHAM
Venue
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WHY ATTEND?

Why planners and resilience teams visit ESS

A TWO-DAY LOCAL RESILIENCE FORUM CONFERENCE

The conference brings together resilience professionals, voluntary sector leaders, faith organisations, community groups and policy influencers to strengthen collaboration across the disaster risk cycle.

RESILIENCE360, ALONGSIDE THE MAIN SHOW

Resilience360 focuses on operational resilience, business continuity and critical infrastructure protection, bringing government, infrastructure, security and resilience leaders together.

MEET THE RESPONDERS YOUR PLANS DEPEND ON

Police, fire and rescue, ambulance, and search and rescue teams are all at the show, so you can test assumptions and build relationships before an incident rather than during one.


SEE THE TOOLS THAT SUPPORT PLANNING AND RESPONSE

Compare crisis management technology, public warning systems, critical communications and command and control platforms with the people who supply and use them.
 

WHAT YOU CAN DISCOVER

What planners and resilience teams can explore

Crisis management technology

Incident management, logging and coordination tools for multi-agency response.

Public warning systems

Ways of alerting and informing communities quickly and clearly.

Critical communications

Resilient voice and data for when normal networks are under strain.

Command and control platforms

Shared situational awareness across agencies and control rooms.

Digital twins and simulation

Modelling and exercising scenarios before they happen.

Infrastructure, OT and cyber security

Protecting the systems essential services depend on.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT

PLAN YOUR TIME AT THE SHOW

The Local Resilience Forum Conference

Plan which conference sessions and exercises to attend, and check how places are allocated when registration opens.

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Explore Resilience360

 

See what Resilience360 covers and who it is designed for, from government and utilities to transport and data centres.

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Shortlist planning and response suppliers

Use the exhibitor list to find emergency planning services, communications and crisis management suppliers.

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Read the 2026 programme

 

The 2026 agenda shows the range of national, local and voluntary sector perspectives covered on the resilience stages.

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FROM THE 2026 PROGRAMME

Examples of past sessions. The 2027 programme will be published as sessions are confirmed.

Resilience360 Stage · 2026


Whole of Society’s Role in Crisis and Resilience: A View from COBR
Roger Hargreaves, COBR Directorate

 


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Local Resilience Forum Conference · 2026

Partnerships Before Pressure: what does true integration of the voluntary and faith sector look like?
Panel from the voluntary, faith and rescue sectors

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Local Resilience Forum Conference · 2026

Exercise CHIMERA
A live multi-agency tabletop exercise

 

 

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10,792
ATTENDEES
10,000+
PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS
490+
LEADING EXHIBITORS
90+
CONTENT SESSIONS

PREPARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WILL RESPOND WITH

Register your interest and we will tell you when ESS 2027 registration, exhibitors and the programme go live.

 

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