Fife Local Resilience Partnership Community Risk Register
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Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Introduction What is a Community Risk Register? Who is this document for? This Community Risk Register highlights risks Whenever an emergency1 occurs, it has the that have the highest likelihood and potential potential to affect you and those around you in to have signi cant impact, causing disruption to a number of ways. the Fife area and its communities, as de ned in the map on page 02. This document will highlight some of the different ways in which this could happen, This document will: ranging from how it affects you, the individual, to the broader Fife Local Resilience Partnership • Inform you about the highest risks and their (LRP) area. consequences in the Fife area
• Provide you with links to organisations and You websites to nd out more How you could be affected in your daily life • Encourage steps that can be taken to become better prepared and more resilient in your home, business and community Your Family While certain risks are mentioned it does not mean that they will de nitely occur in the Fife How those close to you could area. be affected
It does mean there is a possibility of them happening and this document will provide information about what can be done if any of Your Business them do occur and how you can prepare and What it could mean for your stay informed. business
You should also use this information in conjunction with local knowledge and advice from the emergency services, agencies, local Your Community health boards and your local authority. Contact What the effects could be to your details can be found on page 19. local community
Your Area How the overall region could be affected
1To aid understanding and continuity throughout the CRR, the term ‘emergency’ is being used to cover all types of disruptive events, incidents and accidents which may occur as a result of an identi ed potential risk.
01 • • • • • (SEPA) • • • • • • limited to: multiagency partnershipinclude,butare not Examples oforganisations whichmakeupthis communities. works toenhancethesafetyofFifeanditslocal emergencies intheFifearea. Thepartnership to andrecover from majordisruptionsand are required toprepare andplanfor, respond The FifeLRPcomprisesorganisations who Resilience PartnershipPro le Fife Area Map Fife Area Voluntary organisations Industry andCommerce Utility companies Met Of ce HM CoastGuard (MCA) Scottish Environment Protection Agency NHS Fife Scottish AmbulanceService Police Scotland Scottish Fire andRescueService Fife Council © Crown copyright anddatabaserights2015 Ordnance Survey100054002 Local Authority. community groups, withassistancefrom the community resilience plansundertakenby resilience ofthearea. Italsocomplimentslocal and sharinginformationtoincrease theoverall partnership’s workinpreparing foremergencies This CRRformsjustoneaspectofthe should theyoccurintheFifearea. to causesigni cantdisruptionpeople’s lives are onesthatare viewedtohavethepotential The speci crisksidenti edinthisdocument public domain. that detailswillnotbemadeavailableinthe information supportingitsassessments,means risk assessmentwork,thesensitivityof Fife LRParea addresses threats withinits threats (eg,terrorist incidents).Althoughthe (natural occurrences, accidents)ratherthan This CRRcoversnon-maliciousemergencies LRP area. analysis inevaluatingthekeyrisksfacingFife historical evidence,scienti cinputandexpert judgement from arangeof contributors, This documentistheresult ofprofessional procedures. agreed andeffective multi-agencyplansand are usedtoinformthepartnership andproduce of occurring.Theresults of theseassessments terms oftheirpotentialimpactandlikelihood the likelyrisksinarea and ratethemin out bythemulti-agencypartnershiptoidentify The CRRistheresult ofrisk assessmentscarried created? How isaCommunityRiskRegister
02 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Area Pro le Fife Fife has a mix of urban towns and rural villages, of which the three largest towns are Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. At 2014, Fife’s population was 367,260, almost 7% of the Scottish population.
A quarter of the Fife population, and rising, comprises of people over 60, whereas younger people make up a slightly lower percentage than the Scottish average of almost a fth.
The Local Authority is responsible for the provision of services to the community. Key NHS facilities can be found throughout the area, providing a comprehensive service to a varied demographic and community, with quality provision within primary population centres.
The rivers and estuaries of the Tay and Forth valleys create a natural border to the North and South, and the variable 170km coastline, made up of estuarine ats, sandy beaches and cliffs lies to the East. These areas of outstanding beauty and importance to Fife include a total of 53 Sites of Special Scienti c Interest (SSSI).
These sites vary in makeup with emphasis on geological, fauna, and ora, for example, and are spread throughout the region, from hills and valleys, to the cliffs and estuaries.
Tourism, petro-chemical and distilleries are important industries that contribute to Fife’s economy.
The road and rail networks within Fife provide essential bonds between the North and South of the country, as do all the bridges spanning the Forth and Tay. The Queensferry Crossing will open in 2016 and supplement these vital road links.
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04 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Potential Risks In uenza Type Diseases - Pandemic A u pandemic occurs when a new in uenza virus emerges for which people have little or no Illness, unable to go to work, loss of immunity and for which there is no vaccine. income, limited mobility, loss of life, high levels of anxiety Because of this lack of immunity the virus is able to:
• Infect more humans over a large Missing school and work, passing geographical area illness on, loss of income, multiple members ill, loss of life • Spread rapidly and efficiently from person to person
• Cause clinical illness in a proportion of those Workforce unable to get to work, infected loss of income, business networks Pandemic u is similar to seasonal u but the affected symptoms can be more severe and whilst seasonal u tends to happen around October to May every year, a pandemic u can happen at Increased demand on healthcare any time. services, transport disruption and delays, economic losses, signi cant loss of life
Transport and delivery disruptions, increased demand on healthcare services, economic and business losses, tourism affected, loss of life
05 More preparedness informationcanbefoundon page 15. www.takelifeon.co.uk • Healthier Scotland - Take Life On: www.readyscotland.org/are-you-ready/pandemic- u/ • Ready Scotland - Pandemic Flu: www.nhs.uk/conditions/pandemic- u • Contact your local NHS board or visit: For more information: Maintain • higher Manage a • Raise • in Assist • the Support • business Promote • Have u • pandemic of the spread important good Promote occurring • outbreaks large out Look • and Know • Ensure illnesses other and u the with to• cope ability Keep • What you can do: Put • to: together working outbreak, of an event the In What the Fife are LRP members doing: Possible Consequences Public • High • Vulnerable • daily Normal • Higher • Public • Many • Health • surveillance your public healthy staff people you transportation anxiety and usual than the managing and for understand own supplies absence have people social awareness NHS and further – living routines affected control infection supplies arrangements someone follow normal than and continuity care number for at levels develop a healthy social a higher affected your you become local services with
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06 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Potential Risks Severe Weather This is relevant to the Fife area as over the Unable to go to work/home, years there has been a range of weather events loss of income, transport delays, occurring, that have included heavy snow, rain, ice and high winds. disruption to daily routine, injury, loss of life Examples include the severe storms that hit the area in 2010, 2011 and in January of 2012. This resulted in signi cant power cuts and damage Structural damage to home, to buildings, including disruption to all major increased insurance premiums, transport routes. Heavy snowfalls and high missing school, no utilities, winds affected communities throughout the transport delays, injury, loss of life area. Similarly, in 2012 and 2013 where severe winds resulted in when the closure of bridges and loss of power over a signi cant period No utilities, business suspended caused extensive disruption. or closed, damaged building, staff unable to reach work, supply/ Severe Weather can: distribution network disruption, IT failure • come in a variety of forms; storm force winds, extreme temperatures, heavy rain (see Flooding page 09) and snow Economic and business losses, • last for prolonged periods and its impact damaged buildings, transport can cause signi cant damage and disruption delays, loss of life to people’s lives and livelihoods
• have a knock-on effect and create additional emergencies Utilities failure, economic losses, transport disruptions, tourism affected
07 More preparedness informationcan befoundonpage15. www.readyscotland.org/are-you-ready/severe-weather • Ready Scotland – Severe Weather: and Disruptive Event Alerts: www. fedirect.org.uk • Fife Council – Community Resilience, Business Continuity www.metof ce.gov.uk/guide/weather/severe-weather-advice • Met Office Severe Weather Advice and signing up for warnings: For more information: Identifying • Ensure • support Providing • continuity advice to local businesses and voluntary organisations on how you can do this do can you how on organisations voluntary and businesses to local advice continuity Plan • offering Consider • extreme Communicate • Working • about Think you • with supplies with Engage • If • Plan • Distributing • Listen • What you can do: Maintaining, • What the Fife are LRP members doing: Possible Consequences Natural • Impact • Limited • Businesses • Vulnerable • Schools • to Damage • Danger • of Loss • long-lasting: and signi cant be Can response to severe weather events weather to severe response you ahead any
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08 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Potential Risks Flooding There are many notable examples of ooding Advised to stay indoors/possible occurring in the Fife area that have previously evacuation to a safer area, injury, caused signi cant damage, anxiety and disruption across many communities. loss of income, inability to get Historically, Kilrenny, Ceres, Freuchie, Dura home and/or to work Den, East Wemyss and Auchtermuchty have all suffered signi cant instances of river ooding and Methil, St. Andrews, and Rosyth subject to Advised to stay indoors/possible coastal ooding, resulting in damage to homes evacuation to a safer area, and commercial property. The types of ooding structural damage to home, no which are more likely to cause damage and utilities disruption are coastal, river and ash ooding.
Coastal ooding can: No utilities, business may be in affected area, staf ng levels affected, • Be the result of sea surges, high tides and/or supply/distribution network affected, gale force winds long term recovery • Affect the coastline and local defence barriers which may be overtopped or Businesses suspended or closed, breached economic losses, building damage, • Generally be expected utilities supply disrupted, loss of life, long term recovery River and Flash Flooding can:
• Be the result of heavy rain and melting snow or a combination of factors Economic losses, utilities supply disrupted, tourism affected • Affect any area, from those adjoining steep sided hills to at plains
• Sometimes be rapid with little or no warning
09 More preparedness informationcan be foundonpage15. www.readyscotland.org/are-you-ready/ ooding/ • Ready Scotland - Flooding and Disruptive Event Alerts: www. fedirect.org.uk • Fife Council – Community Resilience, Business Continuity www.sepa.org.uk/ ooding.aspx • Scottish Environment Protection Agency - Flooding For more information: support Providing • Ensure • Testing • neighbour Identify a • Where • information Providing • Create • with Engage • Working • Sign • Find • What you can do: multi–agency Developing areas • these in risk at Identifying • What the Fife are LRP members doing: Possible Consequences Potential • term Long • Pollution and • Emergency • to Damage • of Disruption • Transport • and/or Evacuation • Flooding • to Risk • (below) (below) times of ood risk evacuate your home up out possible, a flood you and life, to if with unrecoverable of you receive disruption
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10 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Potential Risks Industrial Site Incidents In the Fife area, there are locations such as Advised to stay indoors/possible commercial and research facilities that regularly evacuation to a safer area, loss use hazardous substances. Should an incident involving these substances occur the affects of income, inability to get home, could be short or long term depending on the injury, illness, loss of life nature of the incident. Advised to stay indoors/possible These sites are strictly regulated, with strong evacuation to a safer area, and robust contingency plans in place to limit structural damages to home or disruption, and to warn local communities in the event of an incident. business, no utilities, injury, illness, loss of life Information regarding some of these sites is sometimes considered sensitive, and as a consequence, the monitoring of regulatory No utilities, business may be in requirements by Government bodies and affected area, staf ng levels affected, Emergency Services are equally robust and supply/distribution network affected comprehensive.
Examples of such incidents are: Businesses suspended or closed, economic loses, building damage, • an explosion at an industry site e.g. - complex, plant, pipeline or facility utility supply disrupted, loss of life, long term recovery • a release of harmful materials
Economic loses, utility supply disrupted, tourism affected
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12 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Potential Risks Transport Disruptions The Fife area has a dependence on the primary road and rail bridges spanning the Forth and Unable to go to work/home, the Tay Rivers, which combined, are used by in loss of income, transport delays, excess of 40,000 vehicles and over 190 trains per disruption to daily routine day. The bridges play a signi cant part of Fife’s economic and social makeup, and closure for any of the following reasons could have a major impact. Transport delays, missing school, Similarly, accidents which have occurred in the missing holidays, loss of income past on the major arteries resulting in closures, have had signi cantly impacted of traf c ow, and volume, during peak periods. Business suspended or closed, The restriction of fuel supplies, be it accidental, damaged building, staff unable economic, or related to industrial action, would to reach work, supply/distribution necessitate a robust, and quick response from all network disruption, IT failure public and private sector enterprises, structured to limit the overall impact.
Possible reasons for disruptions: Economic losses, building damage, • Accidents transport delays, tourism affected • Landslides • Severe weather • Flooding • Industrial action Economic losses, transport delays, tourism affected, communication failures
13 More preparedness informationcanbefoundon page 15. www.travelinescotland.com • Traveline Scotland https://traf cscotland.org • Traffic Scotland For more information: multi-agency Develop • Identifying • with Engaging • support Providing • oil usage Listen • What you can do: Maintaining, • What the Fife are LRP members doing: Follow area your in • have occurred that fuel Consider • updates Communicate • planning Consider • Possible Consequences Inability • Businesses • Limited • Emergency • Waterways • response to severe weather events weather to severe response to directions transportation local to and get or and unable vehicles testing usage news communities spaces targeting to services or and work alternative sources diversions and reduction, close plans on guidance to available or exercising may assistance your pursue to and to to to be routes be could accident provided family develop ensure operate and official forced or normal plans rate delayed business to to and the the destinations community social fully to of by and routine friends maintenance most close consumption, the transportation continuity procedures media Local vulnerable or negatively
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There is much that you can do to make yourself, • Sign up to official social media feeds and your family and business better prepared for apps such as those on page 18. emergencies or disruptive events. • Take time to help your elderly or vulnerable You can signi cantly reduce the risk by being neighbours where possible informed and prepared. • Consider what you would do with your pets Being aware of the risks in your local community will help you prepare for the consequences they In an emergency, there are many ways in which may bring. By planning and preparing now, you information is communicated to the public by can limit the impact an emergency could have the appropriate authorities. This can be via on you, your family or business. There are many traditional sources like TV and radio but also types of emergency situations that could disrupt by social media such as Twitter feeds, agency your daily life including not being able to travel, website updates and Facebook noti cations. get in touch with family members, colleagues and other people. Depending on the nature of the emergency, it is possible that electricity or telecommunication Some initial steps you can take: infrastructure may be affected.
• Identify the risks that might affect you, your It is good to know your local radio stations, as home or business in your local area they will be broadcasting important information. You may wish to write down your local radio • Research/investigate specific actions you can frequencies at the back of this document. take to reduce the impact of those risks in areas of your life A good start is:
• Identify somewhere your family can meet • BBC Radio Scotland: (92 – 95 FM) if you are evacuated or cannot return to your and 810 MW home Local radio stations in Fife are: • Check your insurance cover in detail and keep a copy of the policy in a safe place • Kingdom FM (95.2 & 96.1) • Forth FM (97.3) • Tay FM (96.4 & 102.8)
For more information, plan templates and checklists: • Ready Scotland – Preparedness at Home: www.readyscotland.org/at-home/ • Ready Scotland – My Business www.readyscotland.org/my-business/ • Ready Scotland - My Community www.readyscotland.org/my-community/ • Fife Council – Community Resilience, Business Continuity and Disruptive Event Alerts: www. fedirect.org.uk
15 If youhadtostaywithsomeoneelse: Personal Information Name Bank Vet Insurance Company Phone Supplier Gas Supplier Electrical Supplier Minor ailmentservice Pharmacy Nearest hospital Doctor School Work Contacts Personal Emergency Useful Contacts Name drs eehn Details Address &Telephone Details
16 Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Community Risk Register / Fife Local Resilience Partnership // Find Out More In an emergency, always dial 999. For general police enquiries and non-emergency matters, dial 101.
Scottish Government • Ready Scotland – Preparing for Emergencies: www.readyscotland.org
Business Resilience • Ready Scotland – My Business www.readyscotland.org/my-business
Weather • Met Office www.metof ce.gov.uk/publicsector/resilience/community- resilience
Environment • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) www.sepa.org.uk
Community Resilience • Ready Scotland – Community www.readyscotland.org/my-community
Police • Police Scotland www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/ fe/ Health • NHS Fife www.nhs fe.org
Utilities – Electricity • Scottish Power Energy Networks www.spenergynetworks.co.uk • Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution www.ssepd.co.uk
Utilities – Gas • Scottish Gas Networks www.sgn.co.uk
Utilities – Water • Scottish Water www.scottishwater.co.uk
Telecommunications • BT www.bt.com
Transportation • Traffic Scotland https://traf cscotland.org • Traveline Scotland www.travelinescotland.com
Voluntary Sector • Ready Scotland – Voluntary Response www.readyscotland.org/ voluntary-response/
17 www.facebook.com/nhs fe/ • NHS Fife Twitter @nhs fe • Scottish Environment Protection Agency • Police Scotland • Traffic Scotland Twitter @traf cscotland • SSE in Scotland Twitter @hydroPD • Met Office Twitter @metof ce • Ready Scotland Twitter @readyscotland • Fife Council Social Media www.travelinescotland.com/cms/content/Apps.xhtml • Travel Line www.metof ce.gov.uk/public/weather • Met Office Weather www.readyscotland.org/are-you-ready/smartphone-app/ • Ready Scotland The followingappscanbedownloaded: Useful Apps www.facebook.com/ fecouncil Twitter @ fecouncil ScottishEnvironmentProtectionAgency www.facebook.com/ Twitter @ScottishEPA www.facebook.com/PoliceScotland Twitter @policescotland
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• Fife Council • Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) • Met Office • NHS Fife • Police Scotland • Scottish Ambulance Service • Scottish Fire & Rescue Service • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) • Scottish Water • Transport Scotland
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