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Welcome to the Emergency Planning Service
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Preston is a safe place to live. However, in today's climate emergencies can occur. These might be environmental, such as flooding, or as a result of technology failure or industrial emergencies such as the Buncefield oil fire. When emergencies do occur, many different agencies are involved from the initial stages of the response, right through to the recovery phase. There are of course the highly visible Emergency Responders such as the Police, Fire and Ambulance Service, but they are also supported in the immediate and longer-term by a whole host of other agencies, known as Category 1 and 2 Responders. As well as the emergency services these include local authorities, health sector, the utility companies and many voluntary organisations. It is crucial that each of these organisations has planned its response and that these plans are co-ordinated to avoid confusion in the immediate aftermath of an incident. Whilst the police will normally take the lead in co-ordinating the response to incidents, Preston City Council's Emergency Planning Section undertake a significant role in helping the entire council to plan for, respond to and recover from any emergency over the longer term. What kind of emergencies do the council have to plan for and respond to? Any event or situation which threatens serious Our Aim The aim of the Emergency Planning Section is to ensure that Preston City Council is best prepared to respond to any civil emergency affecting it's people and / or their environment, in an effective, efficient and professional manner, working together seamlessly and in unison with the Emergency Services, Voluntary Agencies, and other groups to bring about a swift return to normality. We in the United Kingdom and, even more closely to home in Preston City Council, have emergency plans in place which establish general principles and provide for main courses of action to ensure speedy mobilisation and co-ordination of resources in response to a major emergency or disaster. Furthermore we have specific emergency plans in place to help us to deal with flooding, release of chemicals, radiation, oil pollution, widespread food poisoning, evacuations, Avian Influenza and of course Pandemic Flu. In conjunction with Lancashire County Council, the Health Authorities and the Primary Care Trusts, the 'blue light' services and Voluntary Organisations we continue to review, test, validate and update all of our emergency plans on a regular basis. What's New AVIAN INFLUENZA ADVICE & INFORMATION PAGE: CIVIL CONTINGENCIES ACT For links to other associated organisations and relevant sites, please see the lists in the side column The Emergency Planning Service Daytime Hours 8am - 6pm Location Telephone: 01772 906162 No of staff 1 Summary of Service The function of the Emergency Planning Section is to ensure that Preston City Council is best prepared to respond to any civil emergency affecting it's people and / or their environment, in an effective, efficient and professional manner, working together seamlessly and in unison with the Emergency Services, Voluntary Agencies, and other groups to bring about a swift return to normality. Feedback If you wish to know more about the Emergency Planning service in Preston or have any issues or suggestions that may improve the service, please contact us by Phone, Email or just write to the above address. |
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- Phone 01772 906900
- info@preston.gov.uk
- Preston City Council, Town Hall, Preston PR1 2RL
- Page Updated: 06/11/2007