Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council

Emergency Plan February 2007
f) Supporting the joint response by providing representatives to the various emergency control
points.
g) By local agreement, once it has ensured that its own systems and defences are secure, the
agency supports the police and local authority by providing materials, equipment and manpower,
as far as its resources and other duties permit.
Police
The Police are responsible for the co-ordination of rescue and evacuation following flooding.
They have responsibility for the protection of life and property including public warning if called
upon by the Environment Agency or Lancashire County Council. They will assist with coordination
and initial control of all activity within the flood area. This will include evacuation,
control of traffic, notifying other emergency services and activation of a flood control room.
At a major flooding event, the police service is responsible for:
a) Co-ordinating the emergency services.
b) Assisting in the saving of life and protection of property.
c) Where practicable, establishing cordons to facilitate the work of the other emergency services
in the saving of life, the protection of the public and the care of survivors.
d) Overseeing any criminal investigation.
e) Facilitating inquiries carried out by the responsible accident investigation body
f) Processing casualty information and having responsibility for identifying and arranging for the
removal of the dead.
g) In the event of the agreed procedures for warning and informing communities at risk not being
effective, giving assistance where practicable.
Fylde Borough Council
In major flood situations, local authorities are responsible for ensuring the maintenance of
essential services normally provided by the Local Authority and restoring any affected services to
normality as soon as is practicable. They provide an immediate response in order to care for
people affected. The precise nature and extent of the response will depend upon available
resources and local arrangements. Local authorities could provide the following:
a) Co-ordination of the local authority response and liaison with other organisations, including
provision, if required, of a representative to support Police arrangements for co-ordination.
b) Emergency care including feeding accommodation and welfare for those who have been
evacuated from their homes or those affected by flooding but remaining in their homes.
c) Emergency transport for personnel equipment and materials.
d) Information services for liaison with the media on the local authority response and for
information to the public, relatives of evacuees etc.
e) Emergency environmental health advice for action relating to environmental problems caused
by flooding
f) Joint agency co-ordination of non-life threatening floods and of the recovery phase following a
flooding incident.
g) Co-ordination of the voluntary response.
h) Very serious flooding resulting in the need for evacuation of houses, provision of temporary
accommodation and the like is covered by the Council's Emergency Plan
Fire & Rescue Service
The Fire & Rescue Service role in a major flooding event is as follows-"
a) The saving of life and rescuing trapped persons from fire, wreckage or debris.
b) The containment and extinguishing of fires and undertaking protective measures to prevent
them.
c) Preventing, containing and making safe spillage or release of chemicals, radioactive materials
or other hazardous substances.
d) Assisting the Ambulance Service with casualty handling.
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