Emergency Plan - Fylde Borough Council

Emergency Plan February 2007
response to tidal flooding emergencies and their aftermath.
Head of Operations
The Head of Operations will be the Executive Manager Streetscene who will be responsible for
the Council’s operational response to all tidal flooding events. He will mobilise appropriate
resources as necessary to deal with the emergency by providing the necessary personnel, plant
and equipment to deal with all aspects of the incident.
Tidal Flooding Officer
Whilst the Tidal Flooding Officer will normally be the Technical Services Manager, the role may,
particularly out of hours, be undertaken by the Standby Officer manning the Flooding Response
Mobile Phone. He will be responsible for monitoring conditions and for determining the
appropriate Council response. The Tidal Flooding Officer will work closely with the Head of
Operations and will liaise with the Flooding Co-ordinator as appropriate.
Assistant Tidal Flooding Officers
The Tidal Flooding Officer is responsible for designating Assistant Tidal Flooding Officers as
necessary to deputise in his absence, to act as Standby Officer and to assist in emergency
events. The Assistant Tidal Flooding Officers will report to the Tidal Flooding Officer as
appropriate.
Tidal Flooding Standby Officer
The Tidal Flooding Officer or a designated Assistant will be on Tidal Flooding Standby for all
tides where a predicted tide height of 4.5m AOD Liverpool (9.4m ACD Fleetwood) or greater is
expected. It is the responsibility of the Tidal Flooding Officer to ensure that the standby
arrangements are in place at all times.
Out of Hours Service
General standby arrangements, outside normal working hours, for all the Council’s functions are
provided by New Fylde Housing, through Tunstall Communications. They will take all out of
hours calls from the public and provide an appropriate response to them. They will pass on all
messages and complaints concerning tidal flooding directly to the dedicated Flooding Response
Mobile Phone.
Emergency Response Staff
These are the Council’s manual workforce from the Streetscene Unit who may be called upon
(through the Head of Operations) to assist with the Council’s response to tidal flooding. Prior to
high water their duties may include monitoring conditions along the defences and distributing
sandbags where required. After high water they may be involved in clean-up operations such as
clearing the promenade of debris, sand, shingle etc., recovering sandbags, helping to pump out
properties etc.
All operatives who are deployed during a flooding event are to remain in contact with the Head of
Operations or the Tidal Flooding Officer to enable them to continuously monitor the conditions
and to determine priorities.
If there are insufficient numbers of Council employees to deal with the emergency then external
agencies may be called upon for assistance, subject to the approval of the Chief Executive.
It is important to bear in mind that, in the event of emergencies lasting for considerable periods of
time, the Chief Executive, Head of Operations or the Tidal Flooding Officer will need to make
appropriate arrangements for shift rotas for all personnel involved, to ensure continuity of cover.
4.5 Other Resources
Environment Agency
In the event of a major flooding incident, it is probable that many areas under the control of the
EA will be experiencing similar conditions. Major assistance from the EA may, therefore, not be
available.
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