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FLOODING RESPONSE PLAN - Fylde Borough Council

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Emergency Plan February 2007Annex BFlood Warning Dissemination DiagramEnvironment Agency Flood Warning Duty Officermonitors & assesses the situation and issues aFLOOD WATCH/FLOOD WARNING/SEVERE FLOOD WARNING/ALL CLEAR asnecessary.EA Warning Dissemination - automated system.FWD FloodlineWarnings Direct[Replacing AutomaticVoice Messaging (AVM)] to specific, preregisteredbusinessesand householdswarning ofdevelopments and anyneed for precautions.Police (& Fire)ServiceHeadquartersnotified byFWD.<strong>Fylde</strong> BCnotified by FWD FloodlineWarnings Direct asindicated in Annex CMediawarningspassedout.Warning passed to areacommand control roomfor information.Control contact relevantDivision(s) who nominatea Flood Liaison Officerand advise LCCEmergency Planning ofdetailsLCC Emergency DutyOfficer notifies affectedlocal Authority of thepolice Flood LiaisonOfficer.Tidal Flooding Officer responsible forassessing conditions. The precise response tothe warning will depend upon a variety ofcircumstances based on the following(1) the nature of the warning,(2) time of day,(3) time of year,(4) local meteorological predictions,(5) general state of the catchment,(6) history of associated event(s),(7) if necessary, discussions with the issuingflood control centre,(8) reports from <strong>Council</strong> staff officersa Warning/All Clear will be broadcast by faxand or senior <strong>Council</strong> officers/relevantorganisations notified directly/at the nextopportunity.Appendix 519Rev.0

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