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Emergency Plan February 2007 SECTION 3 - SUMMARY OF LOCAL FLOOD WARNING SERVICE 3.1 Introduction This section describes how the flood warning service is provided within the areas covered by this plan. A summary of the general arrangements is included along with an outline description of relevant arrangements for flood detection, flood forecasting, warning and response for each Flood Warning Area. 3.2 Flood Warning Broadcasts Flood warnings will be broadcast by regular media bulletins on local radio and television, and in some cases warnings will also be issued directly to people affected. The Agency’s publication Guidance for Flood Warning Codes gives examples of the flood warning messages that the Agency issues. The table below summarises the methods used to communicate warnings in the Flood Warning Areas covered by this plan. Summary of Flood Warning Methods for the Plan Area Facsimile FWD (Foodline Warnings Direct) Flood Wardens Loudhailers Sirens TV& Radio Other Methods Fax’s are used to warn local authorities and the media for all Flood warning areas Floodline Warnings Direct (FWD) replaces *AVM – includes warnings via the telephone, e-mail, fax, pagers, SMS, DAB and Digital TV. It is used, by the Environment Agency, as the tool to disseminate warnings to the public, media and its professional partners for all flood warning areas. Flood Wardens are not used for Flood Warning Areas within this Plan. Loudhailers are only used as a back up for all Flood Warning Areas within this Plan. Sirens are not used for Flood Warning Areas within this Plan. BBC Radio Lancashire Radio Bay Red Rose Radio Rock FM Dune FM Wave Radio Some Local Authorities disseminate warnings for coastal flooding. Floodline, the Agency’s ‘dial and listen’ telephone service on 0845 988 1188 Teletext page 154 *AVM – Automatic Voice Messaging Appendix 5 6 Uncontrolled if Printed Rev.0
Emergency Plan February 2007 SECTION 4 - FYLDE BOROUGH COUNCIL LOCAL FLOOD WARNING 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Action This plan sets out emergency procedures for dealing specifically with flooding incidents from tidal sources. When flooding is likely, the Environment Agency will alert relevant local authorities, including this Council. This plan identifies the responsibilities and actions to be taken in such circumstances. It must, however, be read in conjunction with the full emergency plan, the Local Flood Warning Plan for the Lancashire Police Area and the Environment Agency Local Flood Warning Plan. The procedure for the dissemination of warnings is included in the Environment Agency’s Local Flood Warning Plan. The warnings are coded as Flood Watch, Flood Warning, Severe Flood Warning & All Clear. All flooding warnings are conveyed to the authority through the Agency’s Flood Warnings Direct system. This ensures that faxes, telephone voice messages, SMS mobile phone messages and emails of each warning are sent to nominated contacts within the authority. (see Annex D For details of recipients) On receipt of a flood warning message from the Environment Agency, the Tidal Flooding Officer (see 4.3 and 4.4 below) will be responsible for assessing conditions and in conjunction with the Head of Operations for mobilising whatever resources are deemed necessary to provide the appropriate Council’s emergency response to the event. The precise response to the warning will depend upon a variety of circumstances based on the following: (1) nature of the warning, (2) time of day, (3) time of year, (4) local meteorological predictions, (5) general state of the catchment area, (6) history, if any, of any associated local event(s), (7) discussions with the issuing flood control centre (as necessary), (8) reports from Council staff and others, (9) Deployment, if any, to date of staff and material resources. A diagram setting out the internal arrangements for notification of Fylde BC staff and of the respective actions to be taken following receipt of an Environment Agency flood warning can be found at Annex C of this Flooding Response Plan. 4.3 Standby Arrangements 4.4 Roles The aim of Fylde Borough Council is to protect property from flooding to the best of its abilities. The Council will provide a Tidal Flooding Officer on standby for all tides where a predicted tide height of 4.5m AOD* Liverpool (9.4m ACD** Fleetwood) or greater is expected. The officer will be contactable via a dedicated mobile telephone (Flooding Response Mobile Phone) for a period of 6 hours before predicted high water until high water is achieved. This officer will have responsibility for assessing the conditions and taking whatever action he deems necessary in response to the conditions. * AOD – Above Ordnance Datum (i.e. above the universal zero point used in the UK to compare ground heights and other levels.) ** ACD – Above Chart Datum (i.e. above the level from which the height of the tide is measured which is a level so low that the tide will not frequently fall below it and is approximately the same as the Lowest Astronomical Tide excluding meteorological effects). Flooding Co-ordinator The Flooding Co-ordinator for the Flooding Response Plan will be the Council’s Executive Manager Consumer & Wellbeing whose role will be that of co-ordinating the Council’s overall Appendix 5 7 Uncontrolled if Printed Rev.0
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