Rita Penman
- 20-Mar-2008 - The Environment Agency will
be in Barton upon Humber between 9am and
5pm on Thursday (27 March) to help local
people prepare for flooding.
Staff from the Flood
Incident Management team will be setting
up the Environment Agency’s Flood Warning
trailer at Proudfoots supermarket on Maltkiln
Road and members of the public are invited
to come along to find out what they can
do to prepare for flooding.
Letters have been sent
to all at-risk properties in the area urging
them to sign up to the Flood Warnings Direct
service, and residents are welcome to visit
the trailer to ask any questions they may
have.
Visitors to the trailer
will be able to find out if their home is
at risk of flooding, what flood warning
area they come into and how they will be
warned in the event of a flood. They will
also be given useful information on how
to prepare a flood plan, what the flood
warning codes mean, what to put in a ‘flood
kit’, and what flood protection equipment
you can use to protect your home.
As well as all this
information, visitors will also be encouraged
to sign up for the Environment Agency’s
Flood Warnings Direct service, an automated
system which sends a message to your mobile
phone, landline, email, fax or pager whenever
a flood warning is issued for your area.
Leaflets will be available
to take away on the day, information and
maps will be on display and staff from the
Environment Agency on hand to answer questions.
Ian Russell, Area Flood
Risk manager said: ‘It is really important
that people know the risk of flooding in
their area, and take steps to prepare themselves
and protect their property. Signing up to
the Flood Warnings Direct service is free,
but receiving an early warning could make
a huge difference in reducing damage to
homes and property. The majority of flood
defences in the area are to a high standard,
and we are working to achieve funding to
improve certain lengths to the east of Barton.
‘As a first step, people
should check whether they are at risk from
flooding by searching for their address
on our flood maps, which are available on
our website - www.environment-agency.gov.uk
- or by contacting Floodline on 0845 988
1188.’
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Environment Agency brings
flood warning roadshow to Immingham
Rita Penman - 20-Mar-2008
- The Environment Agency will be in Immingham
between 9am and 5pm on Friday (28 March)
to help local people prepare for flooding.
Staff from the Flood
Incident Management team will be setting
up the Environment Agency’s Flood Warning
roadshow at Immingham Civic Centre on Pelham
Road and members of the public are invited
to come along to find out what they can
do to prepare for flooding.
Letters have been sent
to all at-risk properties in the area urging
residents to sign up to the Flood Warnings
Direct service and residents are welcome
to visit to ask any questions they may have.
Visitors to the roadshow
will be able to find out if their home is
at risk of flooding, what flood warning
area they come into and how they will be
warned in the event of a flood. They will
also be given useful information on how
to prepare a flood plan, what the flood
warning codes mean, what to put in a ‘flood
kit’, and what flood protection equipment
you can use to protect your home.
As well as all this
information, visitors will also be encouraged
to sign up for the Environment Agency’s
Flood Warnings Direct service, an automated
system which sends a message to your mobile
phone, landline, email, fax or pager whenever
a flood warning is issued for your area.
Leaflets will be available
to take away on the day, information and
maps will be on display and staff from the
Environment Agency on hand to answer questions.
Ian Russell, Area Flood
Risk manager said: ‘It is really important
that people know the risk of flooding in
their area, and take steps to prepare themselves
and protect their property. Signing up to
the Flood Warnings Direct service is free,
but receiving an early warning could make
a huge difference in reducing damage to
homes and property. We have good flood defences
in the Immingham area but there remains
some risk in a severe event.
‘As a first step, people
should check whether they are at risk from
flooding by searching for their address
on our flood maps, which are available on
our website - www.environment-agency.gov.uk
- or by contacting Floodline on 0845 988
1188.’
