County staff back and prepared (6)
I believe the answer is:
dorset
'county' is the definition.
(I know that Dorset is a county)
'staff back and prepared' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a pole or stick).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prepared' becomes 'set' (set up or ready).
'rod' backwards is 'dor'.
'dor'+'set'='DORSET'
(Other definitions for dorset that I've seen before include "South-west area" , "A SW county" , "Sorted out the southern English county" , "County of south-west England" , "part of England" .)