Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service Joins Forces With LRF Partners To Help Prepare Residents In 30 Days For Emergencies

Flooding, severe weather, prolonged power cut, heat wave, large smoke plume, chemical leak, how to cope in an emergency situation?

Cambridgeshire’s emergency services and other Local Resilience Forum (LRF) partners, such as local authorities, Cambridgeshire County Council, health organizations and the Environment Agency, are joining forces for the whole of September 2019, in order to share top tips and advice to help get local residents prepared for a number of different emergency situations.

LRF supports the National #30Days30WaysUK Campaign

The Local Resilience Forum (LRF) is supporting the National #30Days30WaysUK Campaign

The Local Resilience Forum (LRF) is supporting the National #30Days30WaysUK Campaign, which aims to promote resilience and preparedness to the public and businesses.

Between September 1 to September 30, 2019, agencies will post daily messages on their social media channels relating to the ‘be prepared’ theme. Posts will cover advice for flooding, severe weather, highways issues, evacuating in an emergency, loss of power, useful links, handy phone numbers and much more.

Preparing residents for emergency situations

The Chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Resilience Forum, Chief Fire Officer Chris Strickland said “We all hope that we are never in an emergency situation, but incidents can happen anywhere, anytime and to anyone. Being prepared and knowing what to do in an emergency can limit the impact of the emergency on you, your family and the community and help the recovery process.”

He adds, “As responders to emergency incidents, we plan, prepare and exercise for a whole host of different incidents and the impacts and consequences these would have on our local communities. But the public have a large role to play too, in order to help the response operation go smoothly and a large part of that is being prepared and knowing what to do in different situations.”

Sharing useful information

Chris Strickland continues, “We hope that by taking part in the #30Days30WaysUK campaign, we can share a lot of useful information that people can learn from and act upon, to help keep them and their families safe.”