LEA AND CLEVERTON

Parish Council

Community Emergency Plan

December 2016
Issue 1D

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IMMEDIATE DANGER
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 This Emergency Plan has been prepared by Lea and Cleverton Parish Council.

It covers the villages of Lea and Garsdon, and the hamlet of Cleverton

Document Revision Control

Issue Date Prepared by: For Consultation/Circulation
1A May 2015 Stuart Suter Parish Council
1B September 2015 Stuart Suter Plan Community Members
1C October 2015 Stuart Suter Wiltshire Council
1C November 2015 Stuart Suter Emergency Group
1D December 2016 Nigel Higginbottom Updated contact numbers

Principal Points of Contact to Activate this Plan in the event of an Emergency

Name Role/Responsibility Address Contact Details

1 Nigel Parish Emergency Group Coombe Barn, Coombe Mob: 07887726850
Higginbottom Co-ordinator Green, Lea LL: 01666 823678
2 Stuart Suter Parish Council Emergency Rose Cottage, The Mob: 07840753953
Co-ordinator Street, Lea LL: 01666 824895
3 John Cull Chairman, Lea and Danescourt, The Street, Mob: 07941 245223
Cleverton Parish Council Lea LL: 01666 822778
4 TBN Vice Chairman, Lea and Mob:
Cleverton Parish Council LL:
 LEA AND CLEVERTON PARISH

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLAN

CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2 What is an Emergency Event?
3 The Aim of this Plan
4 The Objectives of this Plan
5 Risk Assessment for Lea and Cleverton Parish
6 Community Preparedness and Response Activities
7 Our Community Emergency Response Group
8 Our Emergency Plan and How it will Work
9 Roles/Responsibilities Before and during an Emergency
10 Local Skills and Resources in our Community
11 The Vulnerable Members of our Community
12 Key Contacts during an Emergency
13 Temporary Accommodation and Rest Centres

TABLES
1 Activities to Reduce Risk and Impacts and Responses or
Actions during an Emergency Event
2 Members of Emergency Response Group and Contact Details
3 Local Skills and Resources
4 Key Contacts During an Emergency
5 Temporary Accommodation and Rest Centres in the Parish

FIGURES
1 Lea and Cleverton Parish Community Response Group
2 How our Plan will Work

APPENDICES
A Local Risk Assessment
B Register of Most Vulnerable Members of our Community
C Emergency Actions and Decisions Log Book
1. INTRODUCTION
This Plan has been prepared by the Parish Council so that if an emergency event
occurs in our Parish, there is an understanding of what Wiltshire Council and the
national support agencies will do, and a clear and simple plan for people in our
community to contribute and help each other.

2. WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY EVENT?

There are three recognised levels of emergency:

(i) A “National” level catastrophic event which would require a large scale
response, initiated and coordinated by higher tier authorities.
(ii) A County level or “major” event, the response to which will be the
responsibility of Wiltshire Council’s Emergency Management Team to lead and
manage, if appropriate supported at the Parish level by nominated local people
and local resources.
(iii) A “local” level emergency event within our Parish needing a local response,
either because our local community is in a position to respond most quickly and
we are more likely to know who is at greatest risk or in need of help, or until
such time as response and help from national and county level emergency
services become available.

3. AIM OF THIS PLAN

The aim of this Plan is to enable our parish to make a co-ordinated, community led
self-help response when required by a county or local-level emergency.

4. OBJECTIVES OF THIS PLAN

(i) To describe potential emergency events, their risks and potential impacts
(ii) To describe our community-based Emergency Response Group; its structure,
contact details and the responsibilities of its members
(iii) To give details of our community’s resources such as people, skills, equipment
and temporary accommodation.
(iv) To provide a register of the most vulnerable members of our community so that
actions can be targeted and prioritised
(v) To provide details of how our emergency Plan will work; the triggers, the
cascade call-out arrangements, and the actions to manage an emergency event

5. RISK ASSESSMENT FOR LEA AND CLEVERTON PARISH

A local Risk Assessment is a mandatory first step in preparing an emergency plan for
the Parish. It ensures that as a community we make a Plan that is both practical and
proportionate to the potential risks. The risk presented by an event is usually
expressed as a combination of two factors:

(i) The impact that the event has on people, property, infrastructure and the
environment; and
(ii) The estimated probability that the event might happen.
 High impact plus high probability means very high risk, and low impact and low
probability means low risk; and everything in between.

Our risk assessment for Lea and Cleverton Parish is based on seven thematic potential
emergency events. These events together with their risk Levels and potential impacts
on our community are described in Appendix A.

6. COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

Bearing in mind the range of impacts described in Appendix A for each type of
emergency, we as a community can do two things:

 Be prepared and undertake activities which might reduce risks and mitigate the
impacts on our community before an emergency event occurs (PREPAREDNESS)
 Identify and plan what sorts of practical responses or actions we can take when an
emergency does occur (RESPONSE)

These types of activity and action are described in Table 1.

Table 1: Activities to Reduce Risk and Impacts and Responses or Actions in

and Emergency Event
RISKS PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE

Potential Activities to Reduce Risks and Possible Responses or Actions by the

Emergency Events Mitigate Impacts Community Emergency Group
Sustained power failure  Identify most vulnerable residents  Provide temporary accommodation for
in parish or villages  Estimate numbers solely using power residents as necessary
 Arrange temporary accommodation for
vulnerable residents as priority
Storm to violent storm  Tree and power-line inspections  Clear trees where safe to do so
conditions across the  Inform land-owners if trees overhanging  Clear blocked roads where possible
county power lines  Provide temporary accommodation for
 Encourage reduction, thinning or pruning residents as necessary
of trees overhanging power lines
 Identify most vulnerable residents
Widespread heavy  Ensure grit boxes full at key locations  Clear blocked roads where possible
snow cuts off roads to  Prepare snowfall action plan  Spread grit as available
parish or villages  Identify most vulnerable residents  Arrange food/drink runs with 4WDs
 Arrange local farmers on stand-by to clear  Provide temporary accommodation for
roads (agreed with WC): Nigel Starr, residents as necessary
Lime Grove, Swindon Road (nr Priory
Roundabout): Andy Taylor, Aquetong
Farm, Lea: John Hunt, Noah’s Ark Farm,
Garsdon
Sustained water supply  Identify alternative sources  Mobilise bottled water supplies
failure throughout  Consult water companies for source and
parish or some villages point of contact for bottled water supplies
 Identify most vulnerable residents
Localised flooding in a  Encourage owners to keep ditches,  Mobilise sand and filling gunny sacks
number of areas culverts and drop inlets cleared out  Mobilise submersible pumps
 Arrange for stocks of sand and gunny  Clear blockages from ditches and culverts
sacks from Wilts Council: arrange storage
by Adrian Barnes, Lovett Farm,
Cleverton
Localised domestic oil  Limited  Consider small containments bunds if
spillage during delivery feasible and effective
Pandemic health threat  None  Arrange medication supplies
throughout community

7. OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUP

We have identified a local Community Emergency Response Group (CERG) who, in

conjunction with the Parish Council, would be able to undertake action to try to limit
impacts during a local emergency.

Our Community Emergency Response Group is a cascade of people, and its members
and how they are structured are shown in Figure 1. They comprise:

 An overall Emergency Group Co-ordinator (EGC) at the Parish level

 Five Emergency Area Wardens, three for the village of Lea and one each for
the village and hamlet of Garsdon and Cleverton
 Two Emergency Care Co-ordinators, one for Lea and one for both Garsdon
and Cleverton, to manage contact with and assistance to the vulnerable
members of our communities
 Eleven Local Resident Contacts who will cover specific residential areas within
our three villages
 Community Emergency Response Group

Emergency Response
Group Co-ordinator
Nigel Higginbottom

Lea Bottom Area Lea Middle Area Lea Top Area Garsdon Area Cleverton Area
Emergency Warden Emergency Warden Emergency Warden Emergency Warden Emergency Warden
Jim Smillie Nigel Walker Stuart Suter (1) David Lewis David Walker

Vulnerable Residents Vulnerable Residents

Emergency Care Co-ordinator Emergency Care Co-ordinator
Margaret Gore Margaret Lewis

Cascade to and from Local Resident Contacts

Lea Crescent Coombe Grn Pembroke Grn Cresswell Ln Rushcroft Cl Lt Bad'ton Ln St Giles Cl West Cleverton
East
B4042 Crab Mill Ln Old Bakery Cl The Street The Street Garsdon Garsdon
The Street School Ln
Felicity Jim David Paul Chris
McManus
Karen James John Stuart Stewart
Parsons Langston Deacon Poole
Upton Crockett Hunt McNeil Gray

(1) Parish Council Co-ordinator

Contact details and the geographical areas covered by each member of our group are
given in Table 2:

Table 2: Members of Emergency Response Group and Contact Details

Role Name Contact Address Area Covered
Co-ordinators
Parish Nigel Mob: 07887726850 Coombe Barn,  Lea, Cleverton and Garsdon Wards
Emergency Higginbottom LL: 01666 823678 Lea
Group Co-
ordinator
Parish Council Stuart Suter Mob: 07840753953 Rose Cottage,  Lea, Cleverton and Garsdon Wards
Emergency Co- LL: 01666 824895 Lea
ordinator
Area Emergency Wardens
Lea Top Stuart Suter Mob: 07840753953 Rose Cottage,  B4042 from Cow Bridge to Firs
Emergency LL: 01666 824895 Lea Farm incl Lea Crescent
Warden  The Street from B4042 to St Giles
Church
 Coombe Green and Brillscote
 Crab Mill Lane down to Crab Mill
 Pembroke Green
Lea Middle Nigel Walker LL: 01666 823497 Little Paddock,  Cresswell Lane to Leafield Farm
Emergency Lea  The Street from Cresswell Lane to
Warden Little Badminton Lane
 Old Bakery and Rushcroft Closes
 Little Badminton Lane including
Manor View
Lea Bottom Jim Smillie LL: 01666 829696 Tusker House,  The Street from Little Badminton
Emergency Lea Lane to Woodbridge Brook
Warden  Lea School and Winkworth Farm
 School Lane
 St Giles Close
Cleverton David Walker LL: 01666 829025 Inglenook,  Cresswell Lane from Manor Farm
Emergency Cleverton Cottages to Cleverton Methodist
Warden Church
 B4042 from The Hill (Somerford)
to Silverdale
 From the B4042 through Cleverton
Hamlet to the Woodbridge Brook
Garsdon David Lewis LL: 01666 823247 Park Farm,  From Woodbridge Brook through
Emergency Garsdon Garsdon/Charlton cross-roads to
Warden Noah’s Ark including Tanners
Bridge
 From Garsdon/Charlton cross-
roads through Garsdon village to
Park Lane
 From Park Lane to Pink Lane
 Park Lane from Church Farm to
Hill Farm
Care Co-ordinators
Emergency Care Margaret Gore Mob: 07905 672213 Vixen Cottage,  Lea ward
Co-ordinator LL: 01666 826861 Lea
Emergency Care Margaret Lewis LL: 01666 823247 Park Farm,  Garsdon and Cleverton Wards
Co-ordinator Garsdon
Local Resident Contacts
Local Contact, Felicity Parsons Mob: 07939 597036 6, Lea Crescent,  Lea Crescent + B4042
Lea LL: 01666 826104 Lea
Local Contact, Jin McManus Mob: 07527 275246 The Cottage,  Crab Mill Lane
Lea LL: 01666 823927 Crab Mill Lane,  Coombe Green + The Street
Lea
Local Contact, David Langston Mob: 07875 277715 32, Pembroke  Pembroke Green
Lea LL: 01666 822856 Green, Lea  The Street
Local Contact, Karen Upton Mob: 07790 973414 1, Cresswell  Cresswell Lane (to Leafield Farm)
Lea LL: 01666 825170 Lane,  The Street
Lea
Local Contact, James Crockett 01666 822978 Pinells Cottage,  Rushcroft/Old Bakery Closes
Lea The Street, Lea  The Cedars, The Street
Local Contact, Paul Deacon LL: 01666 824193 The Cottage, Lt  Little Badminton Lane
Lea Badminton Lane,  Manor View
Lea
Local Contact, Chris Poole Mob: Gable House,  School Lane, St Giles Close
Lea LL: 01666 823373 The Street,  Winkworth (Little, Farm
Lea
Local Contact, Stewart Gray Mob: 07767 384474 Cleverton Farm,  Cresswell Lane
Cleverton LL: 01666 826077 Cleverton  B4042, The Hill
Local Contact, John Hunt Mob: 07831 888470 Noah’s Ark  Woodbridge Bk > Noah’s Ark
Garsdon West LL: 01666 823360 Farm, Garsdon  Tanners Bridge
Local Contact, Stuart McNeil Mob: 07721 695983 Old School  Garsdon X Rds to Pink Lane
Garsdon East LL: 01666 826808 House  Park Lane
Garsdon
8. WHAT IS OUR EMERGENCY PLAN - HOW WILL IT WORK?
We describe here what triggers would activate an Emergency Response by our Parish
Group, how and what communications would be carried out, and what actions would
be taken during an emergency. The linkages between these are our “Plan”; and these
are explained pictorially in Figure 2 and described in the text below.

Figure 2 HOW WILL IT WORK?

TRIGGERS, COMMUNICATIONS, ACTIONS

Major Wiltshire Council * Emergency services

Incident Emergency Management Centre * Medical services
Incident Room * Supply services
* Agencies

Local Parish Emergency Group

Incident Co-ordinator
Parish Council Emergency Co-
* Notify/Mobilise Area Wardens ordinator
* Notify/Mobilise Care Co-ordinators
* Notify/Mobilise Local Resident Contacts
Parish Council Emergency
Notify/liase with * Establish Parish Emergency Team Committee
WC EMC * Open Parish Emergency Centre in
Lea Village Hall * Chairman Parish Council
* Start Actions/Decisions Log * Dep Chairman Parish Council
* Parish Council Co-ordinator
* Site visits, see conditions, assess needs
* Identfy vulnerable residents + locations
* Review actions
* Decide actions
* Update Log
* Mobilise skills and resources
* Arrange temporary
accomodation if needed
TAKE ACTIONS

LEGEND
Initiation Actions
Planning Liaison
Action

We need to prepare for two emergency conditions:

 A national, or major incident or emergency at the county level or higher

Major

 A local incident or emergency within our Parish

Local
Whether a National/Major or Local emergency is involved the lead organisation for
our parish will be Wiltshire Council (WC) who will set up an Incident Room (tel:
01225 713830 – see chapter 12 below) in their Emergency Management Centre
(EMC) at their offices in Chippenham.

Our Emergency Plan of action is then in three Phases as follows:

PHASE I: INITIATION
1. In the event of a “major” emergency the WC Incident Room will contact our
Emergency Group Co-ordinator (EGC) in the first instance, who will then
activate our Plan. Note: as a result of this document we will have already
informed Wiltshire Council about the name and contact details of our EGC,
together with three other individuals in case of absences or illness.
2. For a “major” emergency WC-EMC will have already been in contact with and
mobilised the national emergency services (fire and rescue, ambulance, police),
and will brief our EGC about what plans are being implemented and what
arrangements and responses to expect from the national emergency services.
3. The realisation that a “local” emergency has occurred or looks likely to develop
will come from any one of a number of sources: from individual members of
our Community Emergency Response Group, or from residents of our Parish.
Whatever the source, the priority action for any member of the CERG on seeing
or being told of an emergency will be to inform and brief our Emergency Group
Co-ordinator.
4. In the event of such a “local” emergency or incident within the Parish, the first
tasks of our Emergency Group Co-ordinator will then be to:

Contact Wiltshire Council on 0300 456 0100. Based on that conversation a

decision will be taken at that stage whether or not the Parish Plan will be
activated; and what arrangements are to be made to contact the national
emergency services.

During the day, any call from our EGC reporting an evolving emergency will be
dealt with by the WC area officers. If the situation starts to escalate WC will
then take a decision to open an Operational Duty Room (ODR), and WC
officers manning the ODR will then decide when to upgrade responses and
activate their emergency planning team.

During out-of-office-hours our EGC will contact the same telephone number
but choosing the “highways option”, when a WC operational duty officer will
again discuss and make a decision as to when to escalate the response to any
given situation.

Once our EGC has contacted and briefed WC on the emergency, he will be
given a direct number for calls dedicated only to that emergency, with
agreements about what arrangements are to be made to contact, mobilise and
stay in touch with the national emergency services

5. Whether a “major” or “local” event has occurred, our EGC will then (see
Chapter 7):
  Contact our Parish Council Emergency Co-ordinator who will inform our
Parish Council Chairman and Vice-Chairman so that a Parish Emergency
Committee can be set up to support our EGC
 Contact, brief and mobilise our five Area Wardens and our two emergency
Care Co-ordinators
 Contact, brief and put on stand-by our eleven Local Resident Contacts

The target will be to complete the actions described above within the first five-to-six
hours of an emergency having been identified and declared. These actions will
complete the first Phase of our emergency response plan.

PHASE II: PLANNING FOR ACTION

6. Our EGC will then take the lead and:
 Establish our Parish Emergency Team comprising our (i) Emergency
Response Group; supported by (ii) our Parish Council Emergency
Committee
 Open our Parish Emergency Centre which will be located in Lea Village Hall
 Start compilation of an Emergency Actions and Decisions Log Book
Appendix C)
7. Our EGC will then:
 Organise and allocate responsibilities amongst our Area Wardens for site
visits and assessments; they will liaise with our Local Resident Contacts and
report about on-the-ground conditions and needs for response
 Liaise with our Care Co-ordinators to identify our most vulnerable residents
in relation to the areas affected by the emergency (see Chapter 10)
8. Our EGC, in consultation with our Emergency Wardens and PC Emergency
Committee, will then identify and agree what actions are to be taken. Our Area
Wardens and Local Resident Contacts will then be briefed about what actions
are needed by them to mobilise our local resources and skills (see Chapter 9).
9. Those actions will depend upon the actual details of the emergency at the time,
but could for example include (a) mobilising volunteer labour and 4WD
transport to fill and transport sandbags from the supplies held at Lovett Farm in
the event of flooding (b) mobilising tractors with face shovels from local
farmers at Lime Grove, Aquetong Farm and Noah’s Ark Farm (see Table 3) to
clear roads in the event of heavy snowfall, with ERG volunteers acting as
banks-men; and mobilising volunteer labour to spread grit from grit bins in co-
ordination with the Community Steward (c) contacting and mobilising qualified
chainsaw users (see Table 3) to undertake tree clearance in the event of storm
damage and fallen trees blocking roads and downing power-lines; with ERG
volunteers supervising health and safety aspects
10. Note: it is important that the PC Emergency Committee agree and sanction all
actions in order that the activities of members of the ERG are undertaken under
protection of the Parish Council insurance policy.

The target will be to complete the actions described above within the first 12 hours of
an emergency having been identified and declared. These actions will complete the
second Phase of our emergency response plan.
PHASE III: TAKING ACTION
This will be a key moment. The decision about what actions are to be taken will
depend on whether a “major” or “local” emergency is being addressed, and
most importantly, what will be the status and availability of the national
emergency services. If national emergency services are delayed due to
commitments and priorities elsewhere, then our Emergency Response Group
will liaise with WC-EMC and act on the basis of “first responders”. This will
then determine the type and level of local resources and skills our Group will
mobilise for action.
11. Our EGC and emergency team will make any arrangements necessary to
provide temporary accommodation and rest centres, by contacting those
community members and organisations who have already said they will make
them available (see Chapter 13). Note: WC-EMC will take responsibility for
managing the temporary accommodation and rest centre facilities that are used
12. Our EGC and emergency team will then
 Continuously review the actions needed and taken; including their
effectiveness and therefore what else needs to be done
 Continuously maintain an up-to-date Log of all decisions and actions taken
13. Our EGC and emergency team will also maintain on-going liaison and dialogue
with WC-EMC throughout and until such time as the emergency is resolved

9. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMERGENCY

RESPONSE GROUP: BEFORE AND DURING AN EMERGENCY
For clarity we describe here the principal responsibilities, i.e. who would do what,
before and during an emergency.

9.1 Responsibility for Being Prepared for Emergencies

Community Emergency Response Group

All members of the group (Emergency Group Co-ordinator, Wardens, Care Co-
ordinators, and Local Resident Contacts) will:
 Flooding: be vigilant about the conditions of local surface drainage
watercourses, ditches, culverts, drain drop-inlets and screens, verge grips etc.;
and inform the Parish Council Co-ordinator and our Emergency Group Co-
ordinator who will brief the Parish Council so that appropriate action can be
taken.
 Storm damage: be vigilant about the conditions of trees which may threaten
power lines or other infrastructure; and inform the Parish Council Co-ordinator
and our Emergency Group Co-ordinator who will brief the Parish Council so
that appropriate action can be taken.
 Snow fall: be vigilant about the condition and content of sand/grit bins and/or
the need for additional bins at other locations; ; and inform the Parish Council
Co-ordinator and our Emergency Group Co-ordinator who will brief the Parish
Council so that appropriate action can be taken with the Community Steward
 Most vulnerable members of our community; maintain a watching brief on
those currently listed as most vulnerable members of our community, and
update as required including new additions (see Appendix B)
 Emergency Plan: maintain watching brief via the Parish Council Website of the
up-to-date version of the Emergency Plan; and inform the Parish Council Co-
ordinator and our Emergency Group Co-ordinator about necessary amendments
Emergency Group Co-ordinator and Parish Council Co-ordinator
 Liaise with and brief the Parish Council about issues and actions necessary to
maintain a reasonable state of preparedness to manage future emergencies
 Ensure the Emergency Plan is regularly updated to reflect interim changes;
publish a definitive version of the Plan on the Parish Council Website in
September of each year; and notify residents of Lea and Cleverton Parish
accordingly via the Parish News Letter and the Lea Village Community
Website

Parish Council
 Take actions considered necessary by the Council to maintain a reasonable state
of preparedness to manage future emergencies

9.2 Role and Responsibilities During an Emergency

Community Emergency Response Group

Our Group will be a non-professional group with limited resources, and would not be
able to provide assistance in all circumstances or to the same level as the national
emergency services. Many considerations and physical factors will influence the level
of response the group will be able to provide. These factors would include:

 The personal safety of residents of Lea, Garsdon and Cleverton

 The safety of the emergency response group themselves
 The need to give priority to the most vulnerable members of our community and
the property they live in
 Which roads in our villages are most important for communications
 The level of risk of environmental pollution.

The principal responsibilities of the various members of our Group will be as follows:

Parish Emergency Group Co-ordinator (EGC)

 Liaison with WC-EMC
 Leading the Emergency Response Group
 Assessing situation, deciding about actions are to be taken
 Monitoring events and maintaining an actions and decision Log
Parish Council
 Provide advice and support to EGC
 Support liaison with WC-EMC and arrangements for temporary accommodation
 Agreeing and sanctioning actions to be taken
Area Wardens and Local Resident Contacts
 Liaise with Care Co-ordinators to identify vulnerable members of community
 Assessing situation, deciding about actions are to be taken
 Arranging and managing actions
Care Co-ordinators
 Maintain a vulnerable persons register and advise the Emergency Response
Group about who in our community are its most vulnerable members
 Making contact with vulnerable members of our community, and providing
assistance to the Emergency Group team with managing and if necessary the
evacuation and provision of temporary accommodation for vulnerable people

10. LOCAL SKILLS AND RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY

Listed below in Table 3 are the local members of our community who have agreed
and can be called upon to make available their skills and resources during an
emergency.

Table 3: Local Skills and Resources

Skills and Resources Name Contact Location/Address
Available
Medical and care
Doctor David Charles 01666 823497 “St Leonard’s
07813 879724 Cottage”, Lea
Doctor Anke Lehmkuhl 01666 826347 “Maytona”, Lea
07564 904198
District Nurse Stephanie Isaac 01666 829136 “Fairacre”, Lea
07711 809958
07770 305631
Snow clearance and lifting, digging, cutting, pumping equipment and plant
Farm equipment and snow Andy Taylor 01666 824021 Aquetong Farm,
clearance 07831 255811 Cresswell Lane, Lea
Farm equipment David Maidment 01666 823292 Street Farm , Cleverton
Farm equipment and storage Adrian Barnes 01666 822678 Lovett Farm, Cleverton
of sand and sand bags for
flood management
Farm equipment Mark Walker 01666 823059 Street Farm, Lea
Farm equipment Paul Webb 01666 823154 Cleverton Farm
Farm equipment and snow Nigel Starr 07976 248930 Lime Grove, Swindon
clearance Rd: Malmesbury
Farm equipment and snow John Hunt 01666 823360 Noahs Ark Farm,
clearance 07831 888470 Garsdon
Tree clearing/chainsaw owners and other skills
Chainsaw qualified user David Walker 01666 829025 “Inglenook”, Cleverton
Motor mechanic Mark Walker 01666 823059 Street Farm, Lea
Chainsaw user John Hunt 01666 823360 Noahs Ark Farm,
07831 888470 Garsdon
Chainsaw user James Crockett 01666 822978 Pinells Cottage, Lea
Chainsaw owners Nigel 07887726850 Coombe Barn, Lea
Higginbottom 01666 823678
Stuart Suter 01666 824895 Rose Cottage, Lea
John Stoneham 01666 823397 Myrtle Cottage, Lea
Jim Smillie 01666 829696 Tusker House, Lea
Transport/towing
4WD John Cull 01666 822778 Danescourt, Lea
 4WD Paul Fuller 01666 825473 Garden House, Lea
4WD Jim Smillie 01666 829696 Rose Cottage, Lea
4WD Stuart Suter 01666 824895 Tusker House, Lea
Tractor Andrew Hiscox 07890 857071 Foxmead Farm

11. VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY

We have prepared a register of the most vulnerable members of our community.
These are people we are aware of who (variously) live alone, are elderly, or have
mobility or health problems. Many of these have family members or members of our
community who care for them. However, these carers may be away or not available
at the time of an emergency. Our Plan will therefore give priority to checking with
and helping those people on the register which is given in Appendix B (held in
confidence by our Emergency Care Co-ordinators).

12. KEY CONTACTS DURING AN EMERGENCY

We have identified a number of public and private sector organisations which may
need to be contacted during an emergency. Details of these are given in Table 4 and
include:

 The national emergency services

 Local medical services
 Suppliers of services
 Councils and Agencies

Table 4: Key Contacts During an Emergency

WHAT WHERE COMMENT CONTACT

EMERGENCY SERVICES
Fire and Rescue  Malmesbury  Emergency (24 hours)  999 or 112
Service Station  Office hours  01380 723601
 HQ: Potterne,
Devizes
 See Wilts Council
below

Ambulance Service  Wilts Ambulance  Emergency (24 hours)  999 or 112

Service  Office hours  01392 261514 (this is
 Chippenham Station  Office hours the centralised
 HO: Kembrey Park, governance team for
Swindon ambulance services)
 See Wilts Council  0800 689 9168
below
Police Service  Wiltshire Police  Emergency (24 hour)  999 or 112
 Malmesbury Station  Michael Tripp  101
 Community Beat
Manager
 See Wilts Council
below
MEDICAL SERVICES
Doctors  PCC Malmesbury  Office hours  01666 825825
  NHS GP Emergency  Emergency (24 hours)  111
First Aid  Quedgeley, Gloucs  British Red Cross  01452 726661
Pharmacists  Boots, Malmesbury  Office hours  01666 826115
 Lloyds Pharmacy  Office hours  01666 822157
SUPPLY SERVICES
Gas No mains gas supply in n/a n/a
Parish
Water  Wessex Water, Bath  Office hours  01225 526 000
 Leaks, bursts  0800 692 0 692
 See Wilts Council
below
Electricity  Scottish/Southern  Local contact  01225 898643
Electric (SSE) Kelly Murray-Fagan
 National contact  0800 107 9639
 See Wilts Council
below
COUNCILS AND AGENCIES
Wiltshire Council  Wilts Council 24 hours during emergency  0300 456 0105
Emergency Incident  EPRR@wiltshire.gov.uk
Room ,
Wiltshire Council Wilts Council Incident Room can be contacted for emergency numbers for police,
ambulance, fire and rescue, water, electricity and telecoms during an incident
Environment Agency  National  Pollution or Flood incident  0800 80 70 60
 Flooding (Floodline) 24 hrs  0345 988 1188
Highways England  National  General enquiries  0300 123 5000
Lea and Cleverton  Lea  John Cull: Chairman  01666 822778
Parish Council  John Parmiter: Clerk  01666 823730
 Chris Isaac: Vice Chairman  01666 829136

13. TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND REST CENTRES

We have identified a number of locations which can be used for temporary
accommodation or as rest centres should people from our Parish or from the wider
community have to be evacuated from their homes. Details of these are given in
Table 5.

Table 5: Temporary Accommodation and Rest Centres in the Parish

LOCATION TYPE OF PREMISES CONTACT DETAILS AND KEY
HOLDER
Lea Village Hall, Hall with kitchenette cooking facilities,  Kevin Tibbs:
The Street, Lea hot water, toilets and disabled access  John Cull: 01666 822778
St Giles Church, Church with refreshment facilities and  Lyn Higginbottom 01666 823678
The Street, Lea disabled access  Dave Smith 01666 826601
Church Rooms, Small hall/rooms with disabled access and  Lyn Higginbottom 01666 823678
The Street, Lea toilet  Dave Smith 01666 826601
Rose and Crown Hall attached to pub which has cooking  Oliver Mason: 07977937809
Pub, Rosewell facilities, hot water and toilets
Room, The Street,
Lea
Lea and Garsdon C School hall with cooking facilities, hot  Rebecca Rolfe (key holder)
of E Primary water and toilets 15, Pembroke Green, Lea
School, The Street, 01666 823127
Lea 07896 331803
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Local Risk Assessment
A1 Definition of Level of Risk
Figure A1 shows the Risk Levels for different combinations of potential impact and
likelihood of occurrence of an emergency event. These Risk Levels have been used
to assess different emergency events within Lea and Cleverton Parish.

Figure A1: Risk Level as a combination of Potential Impact and Likelihood

A2 Potential Emergency Events and their Community Impacts

For planning purposes, seven potential emergency events have been identified
together with their potential impacts on the community, and these are described in
Table A1.

Table A1: Potential Emergency Events and corresponding Community Impacts

Potential Emergency Event Impact on Community
Sustained power failure throughout  Many residents/farms unable to heat or light their homes
parish or in parts of villages  Many residents unable to cook or have access to hot water
 Spoiled/lost food and produce from fridges and freezers
 Some residents evacuated; require temporary accommodation
 Vulnerable residents particularly adversely affected
High winds, violent storm  Power lines brought down; house/farm power supplies cut off
conditions across the county (such  Roads blocked or damaged; access to properties compromised
as occurred in 1987)  Roofs blown off, properties damaged and rendered uninhabitable
 Some residents evacuated; require temporary accommodation
 Vulnerable residents particularly adversely affected
Widespread heavy snowfall cuts off  Access for emergency vehicles (ambulance, fire) compromised
roads to parish or some villages  Some residents unable to shop for food and drink
 (such as occurred in 1960’s and  School attendance suspended
1980’s)  Vulnerable residents particularly adversely affected
Sustained water supply failure  Potable water not readily available; de-hydration in hot weather
throughout parish or in some  Washing and hygiene compromised; potential health effects
villages  Some residents evacuated; require temporary accommodation
 Vulnerable residents particularly adversely affected
Localised flooding in a number of  Flood damage to properties in Upper Street
areas  Flood damage to properties Cresswell Lane
 Flood damage to properties at Tanners Bridge
 Some residents evacuated; require temporary accommodation
 Flood damage to road infrastructure
 Sewerage and natural drainage systems blocked
 Access for emergency vehicles and traffic interrupted
 School attendance suspended
Localised domestic oil spillage  Domestic oil delivery spills into house and surrounding properties
during delivery  Residents evacuated; require temporary accommodation
 Land contamination; habitats and biodiversity adversely affected
 Ditches/watercourses polluted: ground and surface water affected
Pandemic health threat throughout  Community quarantined
community  Residents unable to shop for food and drink
 Some residents unable to obtain regular medication

A3 Emergency Events and their Risk Levels

For each potential emergency event we have combined the severity of impact (based
on Table 1 above) with our estimate of the likelihood of occurrence, and assessed
their overall Risk Levels in accordance with Figure 1. These overall Risk Levels are
shown in Table A2

Table A2: Potential Emergency Events and their Risk Levels

Potential Emergency Events Level of Impact on Likelihood Overall
Whole Community (1) Risk Level
Sustained power failure in parish or villages Significant in winter Rare High
Storm to violent storm conditions Significant Rare High
Heavy snow cuts off roads to villages Significant Rare High
Sustained water supply failure through villages Moderate in summer Unlikely Medium
Localised flooding in a number of areas Minor (2) Possible Medium
Single localised oil spillage Minor Possible Medium
Pandemic health threat throughout community Significant Negligible Low
Notes:
(1)
Level of impact is related to the number of people affected
(2)
Actual flood impacts will be significant for those affected
Appendix B: Register of Most Vulnerable Community Members
This register is held in confidence and maintained by our two Community Care Co-
ordinators and will be made available on request to our Parish Emergency Group Co-
ordinator at the time of an emergency.
Appendix C: Emergency Actions and Decisions Log Book

Date Description of Actions Decided Decided By

Emergency or Situation