Community Emergency Planning for Penallt

Communities are being encouraged to plan for extreme weather events and other types of emergencies, in order to:

• Be better prepared for an emergency

• Know what to do before outside help and emergency services can arrive

• Work with emergency services and other agencies effectively, using local knowledge

• Recover more quickly and effectively after an emergency

Although extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and storm damage, are the most common emergencies which we face, there are other emergencies that could occur within a community such as gas leaks, fires, mass power failure and major traffic incidents; and more widely health pandemics, like Covid19. A plan helps people prepare for an emergency, organises neighbourly help during the incident, makes appropriate links to emergency services and local authorities, and assists with recovery after the event.

There are two primary focuses within this plan for Penallt:

• Actions and Plans for each ‘Household’

• Actions and plans as a ‘Community’

Below are some useful ‘Household’ checklists that can also be downloaded.

• Household Checklist

• Household Documents

Note also an account of a public meeting about this held in Pelham Hall on 9th January 2025