Cury Parish Emergency Plan April 2015
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ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE CURY PARISH EMERGENCY PLAN APRIL 2015 PUBLISHED BY CURY PARISH COUNCIL FOR REVIEW MARCH 2016 If an emergency occurs, the first action always should be to contact the emergency services by dialling 999 1 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE DISTRIBUTION Serial Addressee(s) Means 1. All those listed in the Plan on Page 4 Hard Copy (7) 2. All Wardens and Deputy Wardens Listed on Page 11 Hard Copy (9) 3. All members of the Parish listed anywhere in the Plan with email Electronic addresses 4. Volunteers listed in the Plan without email addresses Hard Copy (2) 5. Emergency Management Officer, Cornwall Council (Tony Electronic plus Garvin) Electronic (See Note 1) Sanitised Version 6. Cornwall Council Ward Member for St Keverne and Meneage Electronic (Cllr Walter Sanger) 7. Chairman Village Hall Committee and for hard copy kept in Hard Copy (2) Village Hall 8. Publican, Wheel Inn Cury Hard Copy (1) 9. Members of the Parish Council not on Page 4 plus Parish Council Hard Copy (3) Clerk 10. Station Manager, Mullion Community Fire Station (Peter Tonkin) Hard Copy (1) Note 1. Cornwall Council will make the complete plan available to the Emergency Services on an as-required basis. It will publish the sanitised version of this plan on the community resilience section of their website. The sanitised version will contain names but not personal contact details. CONTENTS Subject Page Just a Possible, Worst-Case, Scenario 3 Cury Parish Emergency Coordination 4 Emergency Reception Centres 5 Useful Telephone Numbers 6 The Emergency Plan 7, 8 and 9 General Helpers and Wardens List 10 and 11 First Aid List 12 Transport List 13 Equipment List 14 Emergency Log 15 Cury Parish Houses Decode List 16 Cury Parish Houses Schematic Map (Separate PDF in Electronic Version) 17 2 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE Just a Possible Worst-Case Scenario.... It is 0300 hours on the 4th January 201X. Twelve inches of snow had fallen in the previous 8 hours in hurricane force winds and had not only brought down Western Power’s electrical distribution system but had disrupted the mobile telephone network. If that wasn’t enough, a delayed-action, Islamist terrorist bomb, in a culvert by the Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose had exploded at midnight and had closed the A3083 destroying the landline telephone links to the Lizard Peninsula in the process. As far as road access to the Lizard Peninsula was concerned, the only access left was via Gweek, but that had traffic grid-lock on the diverted, snow-clad road. With the Village in darkness, without electrical power, with no communications worth thinking about, with the road between the Village Hall and the Wheel Inn closed by tree blow-down, with the Ford running fiercely at Nantithet, and with the Emergency Services concentrating their efforts at Culdrose, the Chairman of the Parish Council decided wisely to get on his tractor to drive over to tell the Parish Emergency Plan Coordinator to activate the Parish Emergency Plan. Now read on..... 3 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE CURY PARISH EMERGENCY COORDINATION Emergency Robert Wright Coordinator Coordination Colvennor Farmhouse 01326 241208 [email protected] Centre 1 Cury Cross Lanes TR12 7BJ 6-Figure Grid Reference SW682219 Deputy Priscilla Oates Emergency Coordinator Coordination 1, Colvennor Cottages, 01326 240887 [email protected] Centre 2 Cury Cross Lanes (If activated) TR12 7BJ 6-Figure Grid Reference SW682219 INCIDENT CONTROLLERS WHEN DEPLOYED Incident Controller Adrian Boaden Deputy Reuben Curnow Incident Controller Deputy Incident Paul Ferris Controller Road to Gunwalloe EMERGENCY RECEPTION CENTRE CONTROLLER(S) WHEN DEPLOYED Reception Centre Marilyn Walton Controller Deputy Paul Cook Reception Centre Controller 4 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE CURY PARISH EMERGENCY PLAN: EMERGENCY RECEPTION CENTRES (IN PRIORITY ORDER OF SELECTION DEPENDENT ON CIRCUMSTANCES) Serial Location Key Access From 1. Cury Village Hall 1. Philip Greet White Cross Cury Helston TR12 7BH 2. Paul Cook. No Telephone OS 6-Figure Grid Reference SW 684215 3. Mike Aston. Category: Shelter. Summary: Parking Places 60; Maximum Capacity 150, Rooms 2; Wheelchair Access; WCs: Male 1, Female 1, Disabled 1; Kitchen; Water; Electrical Power; Heating Electric. 2. Cury Methodist Chapel 1. Cury Parish Clerk - Samantha Folds White Cross Cury Helston TR12 7BG No Telephone OS 6-Figure Grid Reference SW 682214 2. Other key holders known by Emergency Plan Coordinator Category: Shelter. Summary: Parking Spaces 30; Maximum Capacity 100; Wheelchair Access; WCs: Unisex 1; Kitchen; Water; Electrical Power; Heating: Oil 3. The Wheel Inn Publican: Cross Lanes Frank Rose Cury Helston TR12 7AY Telephone: 01326 240412 OS 6-Figure Grid Reference SW 692214 Category: Shelter. Summary: Parking Spaces 30; Maximum Capacity 100; Wheelchair Access; WCs: Male 1, Female 2; Water; Electrical Power; Heating: Wood Burner and Gas. Cury Village Hall and Cury Methodist Chapel are already listed on Cornwall Council Website as Emergency Reception Centres. 5 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Organisation Number Emergency Services: Police, Fire & Rescue, Ambulance and Coastguard 999 Non-Emergency Number - Police 101 Cornwall Council 0300 1234 100 Cornwall Council Member for St Keverne and Meneage Division, which 01326 280947 includes the Parish of Cury - Cllr Walter Sanger 07546 027103 NHS Medical Help Non-Emergency 111 NHS Mullion Health Centre 01326 240212 Environment Agency Floodline (for flood warning information) 0845 988 1188 Environment Agency Incident Hotline 0800 807060 Western Power Distribution 0800 365900 South West Water 0800 1691144 British Telecom 0800 800 151 DEFRA Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) Truro 01392 266373 Citizens Advice Bureau Cornwall Flood Helpline. Open 1000 – 1600 hours. 0300 008 0012 BBC Radio Cornwall 01872 275421 Radio Heart Cornwall 01872 554400 Pirate FM 01209 314 400 6 Cury Parish Council Emergency Plan Second Issue 7 April 2015 ADDRESSES AND CONTACT DETAILS ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE THE EMERGENCY PLAN INTRODUCTION Why do we have an Emergency Plan? All major emergencies are dealt with by the Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Utilities and Voluntary Agencies in a combined response. In extreme conditions, it is possible that the Emergency Services may not be able to reach the scene or react immediately. In such circumstances, the initial response may rely entirely on local people coming forward as volunteers. The sorts of emergencies which we might have to contend with as a Parish include surface water flooding caused by the inability of land drainage systems and water courses to cope with heavy rain and run-off; utilities failures, particularly electrical power outages; severe weather, such as heavy snow; and human and animal disease outbreaks. This list is not exhaustive. Within recent living memory, the village has been isolated through unexpected severe weather events, and has had to look inwards for immediate support. It is for this reason that the Parish Council has developed this Emergency Plan, which aims to provide local support on the ground speedily, and when it is most needed, using known volunteers in a structured manner. The aim is to look after the welfare of people in the Parish and/or help to maintain our infrastructure. It does not replace the support provided by the Emergency Services, but supplements it at the early stages. It is designed to deal with events affecting the Parish or parts of the Parish so that we may recover from an emergency situation more quickly. It is not designed to deal with local emergencies affecting only one householder or when the Emergency Services are perfectly capable of dealing with the emergency without any formal Parish involvement. Specific Risks to be taken into Consideration. There are no specific risks to the Parish that have been identified as needing planning in detail. The emergencies, which we as a Parish are likely to face, come under the ‘general’ category. If they occur, they are likely to come as a surprise. It is therefore up to everyone to use their initiative within the framework of this plan, when called upon to deploy. It should be noted that the houses in the Parish are well spread out: it is a drive of 9 Km between the dwellings at the extreme ends of the Parish, from Polgrean Farm to the Caretaker’s Flat on the Trading Estate. PRINCIPLES OF THE PLAN The Plan is based on a ‘worst case scenario’, with a defined centre of control/coordination and all key roles with nominated deputies for absence or illness. The Plan has to be simple to understand, so every volunteer knows in outline what they are responsible for, even if they have to use their own initiative to carry out their responsibilities in a safe manner. Some volunteers know every aspect of the Parish as they have lived here all their lives. Others do not. Accurate information flow is critical, for in an emergency, rumour easily overtakes facts. It is essential that accurate information is passed to the Emergency Coordinator in a timely manner otherwise a chaotic situation, where no one knows what is expected of them, is guaranteed to occur. RISKS TO VOLUNTEERS It is required that all volunteers will not put themselves at risk in helping others, so they do not themselves become casualties that need to be catered for by Parish resources to the detriment of other people.