Clare Parish Council - Emergency Planning Committee

 

The main function of the Parish Council Emergency Planning Committee is to provide a place of respite for persons who have been forced to leave their homes, with little or no warning, following an "emergency".

 

There can be no definitive list of such "emergencies" but in most cases it will be following the declaration of an incident as "major" by the Emergency Services and the Borough Council. Such an act will probably trigger the opening of the Borough Emergency Operations Centre and in many circumstances they will be responsible for providing the support and shelter required.

 

However, in the event that the community of Clare is cut off from the outside world (for example, by adverse weather conditions) and such an emergency arises, either because of, or in addition to the bad weather, we will have to provide such shelter ourselves.

 

An Emergency Planning leaflet will be distributed to all households in 2010. Further copies can be obtained from the Parish Council Clerk 01787 277559. 

 

Name of area	Committee Member	Contact tel. no.
Clare Heights	Jim Meikle	(01787) 278476
Chilton Street/Snow Hill	Roger Gee	(01787) 277647
Callis Street/Bridewell Street/ Hermitage Close/Hermitage Meadow	Andy Gill	(7967) 433694
Common St/Churchill Close/ Erbury Place/Gosford Close	Mike Hickford	(01787) 277963
High Street/Malting Lane/Station Road Market Hill/Well Lane/Church Street/ St. Peter's Court/Bloomfield Court	June Smith	(01787) 277370
Highfield and Bailey Lane	Don Harding	(01440) 820227
Cavendish Road/Harp Lane/ Hillside Terrace/River Bank	Brian Watts	(01787) 277970
Stoke Road/Daneum Holt/Stour Green/ Nethergate Street/Boathouse Mews	Beryl Sutton	(01787) 278546
Westfield/Lutus Close/The Granary	Rosemary Warmington	(01787) 277933

 

 

Main Centre - The Old School Community Centre

And if necessary - Baptist Church and United Reform Church.

 

Residents in Churchill Close will follow their own Emergency Planning Policy.

 

Clare Primary School, Clare Middle School and CLASP will follow their own Emergency Planning Policy. (All parents of children attending the schools are responsible for making themselves familiar with the school procedures).

 

The Communication Base (until the main official Borough Emergency Officers arrive) will be the Old School Community Centre.

 

In the event of a helicopter requiring a field to land the following areas have been identified - The Common, Clare Priory, Country Park, Acre Walk and Cemetery Extension.

 

Emergency Vehicle Parking - The Playing Fields

 

Emergency Contact Numbers

Police, Fire and Ambulance - 999

Suffolk Police - 01473 613500

Joint Emergency Suffolk - 01473 260588

Gas Emergency - 0800 111 999

Electricity Emergency - 0800 783 8838

Anglian Water Authority

(Water & Sewage) - 08457 145 145

Floodline Information - 08459 881 188

(if you live in a vulnerable place please register for advance warnings)

 

Emergency BT - 151

Non BT - 0800 800 151

Hospital West Suffolk - 01284 713000

Acident & Emergency - 01284 713333

NHS Direct - 0845 4647

Doctors - Guildhall Surgery - 01787 277523

Doctors - Stonehall Surgery - 01787 278999

Suffolk Radio (BBC) - FM 103.9 or 104.6

Essex Radio (BBC) - FM 103.5 or 95.3