Emergency Planning
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Information on preparing for an emergency and emergency planning.
Fylde Borough is a safe place to live, but major emergencies may occasionally happen. When they do, many different agencies will be involved in the response as no single agency has all of the skills or resources needed.
Although the 'blue-light' emergency services would be immediately involved in the response, they are also supported in the immediate and longer term response by a whole host of other agencies from the statutory and voluntary agencies, including Fylde Borough Council.
It is crucial that each of these organisation's has planned its response and that these plans are co-ordinated to avoid confusion in the immediate aftermath of an incident.
For many years, a County-wide group consisting of representatives from the various emergency services, local authorities and other professional and voluntary agencies, has been in place to co-ordinate the County's plans and response to major incidents. Fylde Borough Council is a member of this group, which has proved to be very effective and pro-active in developing and maintaining a joint capability.
In November 2005, the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 required all 'responders' (as defined by the Act) to form a Local Resilience Forum based on Police areas. Consequently, the Lancashire Resilience Forum (LRF) was established, chaired by the Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary. The LRF meets twice a year at Executive level to give strategic direction and to make policy and funding decisions. However, the main work of the LRF is carried out by their General Purposes Group, which also oversees and co-ordinates the work of various thematic sub-groups. This group produces and maintains the community risk register for Lancashire.
What kind of emergencies is the Council required to plan for and attend?
Any event or situation that threatens serious damage to human welfare, environment or security, and which overwhelms existing response arrangements and which cannot be dealt with within existing day-to-day resources or procedures.
Planning for emergencies
There exists a large number of plans at both national, regional and local level which establish general principles and procedures and courses of action to ensure speedy mobilisation and co-ordination of resources.
The establishment of such plans include release of chemicals, flooding, radiation and radio activity incidents, coastal oil pollution, widespread food poisoning, evacuation and rest centres.
In conjunction with Lancashire County Council, the 'blue-light' emergency services, health authorities, voluntary organisation's and other 'responders', will continue to review, test, validate and update all of these plans. The aim of our Emergency Planning Service
Our aim is to ensure that Fylde Borough Council is best prepared to respond to a civil emergency affecting any part, or all, of the District, in an effective, efficient and professional manner. To do this we will work together with the Emergency Services, Voluntary Agencies and other groups to bring about a swift return to normality. Abriged versions of Fylde Borough Council's current emergency plan and our Flooding Response Plan can be downloaded via the links on the top right of this page.
Contact for further information
If you would like any more information regarding the Council's Emergency Planning Service, please contact the community services directorate on 01253 658658 or email listening@fylde.gov.uk
For Emergency out of hours contact please telephone 01253 642111.
For further information please refer to the following links on the right.
Co-Ordination Throughout Lancashire
