Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council
Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council
Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council
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<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> February 2007<br />
Warnings issued by the Environment Agency to professional partners such as <strong>Fylde</strong> <strong>Borough</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> will identify :-<br />
• The Alert Stage (Flood Watch / Flood Warning / Severe Flood Warning).<br />
• The Flood Zone Area.<br />
• An estimate of the time the flood level is likely to be reached.<br />
Flood warnings will also be broadcast by regular media bulletins on local radio and television,<br />
and in some cases warnings will also be issued directly to people affected.<br />
Often the system will move from a Flood Watch stage to a Flood Warning, then to a Severe<br />
Flood Warning and then be downgraded through all stages to All Clear. Each of the warnings,<br />
however, independently indicates the level of danger to life and property. There will be<br />
circumstances, therefore, when this ordered progression will not be appropriate. It may be<br />
necessary to move directly to Severe Flood Warning. In other circumstances a warning may be<br />
downgraded in status from a Severe Flood Warning to a Flood Watch only to be upgraded to a<br />
Severe Flood Warning if the flooding situation deteriorates again.<br />
The term Downgrade will be used when moving down through the warning stages. Eg “the Flood<br />
Warning for the (xxx) area has been downgraded to Flood Watch.”<br />
The term Update can be used to communicate to recipients that the extent of flooding within the<br />
area covered by a warning is forecast to increase, albeit that a step-up in warning stage is not<br />
warranted. Eg. “Flood Warning Update for the (xxx) area”. This can also be used to update a<br />
message that has been in force for a period of time and requires updating to maintain<br />
awareness.<br />
Appendix 5<br />
5<br />
Uncontrolled if Printed<br />
Rev.0