Burst Pipes? Useful advice from United Utilities
In these freezing conditions, many people are suffering from no water as their pipes freeze. For information on what to do, please use the link above.
Exercise Hawk
Initial Activation Exercise for Wm Blythe Ltd
Reservoir Flooding and Emergencies
The Environment Agency will be making reservoir flood maps available on their website from summer 2010
Local Authority & Emergency Services Information
LAESI Edition 7 is now available on the MOD web site
Riverdance Investigation Report - 3rd September 2009
MAIB Report on the investigation into the grounding, and subsequent loss, of the ro-ro cargo vessels Riverdance, on Shell Flats - Cleveleys Beach, Lancashire on 31 January 2008. Report No 18/2009. Published 3rd September 2009.
Serious Fire, Westgate, Morecambe - 25th May 2009
In the early hours of Spring Bank Holiday Monday a security guard reported a fire at 2 Sisters Foods, Westgate, Morecambe. It quickly became clear to the Fire Service that this was a serious fire and they recommended to the police the evacuation of 100 nearby homes because of the plume of smoke drifting over them.
Preston Rest Centre Exercise * LEP Article
A Lancashire Evening Post article on the recent Rest Centre Exercise, held at West View Leisure Centre in Preston.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency Plan 2009/10
The attached leaflet tells you about the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s plans for the 2009-10 business year.
Details on the succesful salvage operation for the Riverdance Ferry
The LRF Pandemic Influenza plan has now been made available for viewing. To access the plan, please visit the Public Plans area of the website.
On Friday, 27th February 2009, Operation Merlin (Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan) was declared for an incident under the M6 Motorway at Junction 34, Caton Road.
The LRF Community Risk Registers in both Cumbria and Lancashire identified a need to review and update the multi-agency rabies contingency plans. To begin the process of review it was decided to arrange an awareness day and table top exercise to help gauge and increase the current level of understanding among the multi-agency partners.
In January 2009 the Northern Division of Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service organised some live training and exercise sessions for their divisional retained fire-fighters and invited Lancaster City Council's Emergency Incident Officers to take part.
Presentations are now available to view from the first annual LGA emergency planning conference and exhibition. These can be viewed at the LGA website.
Local flood plans for Ribchester and Whalley are now available to download. Please see 'Further Information' section of the Flooding Advice page.
Update on the sinking of the Abigail H in Heysham Harbour.
A new credit-card sized information card has been produced to remind you about important details, that may help you during an emergency. Attached is an article from the Lancashire County Council Vision Magazine
*Vision is the Lancashire County Council newspaper that is delivered to homes in Lancashire every month.
The Department of Health has worked with the Met Office to develop a Cold Weather Health Warning scheme for the North West of England for this winter.
Mark Bartlett, Civil Contingencies Officer with Lancaster City Council, has been working with community representatives at Sunderland Point to produce a Community Emergency Plan.
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