[For Info] Fwd: Emergency Winter weather advice

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Subject:	Emergency Winter weather advice
Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2024 16:52:26 +0000
From:	Connecting Communities
Reply-To:	Connecting Communities <Connecting_communities@bathnes.gov.uk&gt;
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Emergency Winter weather advice

Emergency winter weather advice View this email in your browser Emergency Winter Weather advice   With a real mix of weather conditions at the moment with flooding and a cold weather alerts and possible impacts on health as a result, we are sharing some resources and links to advice from agencies which you will find helpful when checking in with service users and communities.   Flooding   Currently the Environment Agency has issued a number of flood warnings across the South West. These can be found here and are regularly updated https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-warnings you can also follow @EnvAgencySW on X.   Please alert your staff to these updates so they can check on any service users and communities who are vulnerable.   We are also asking you to please report impacts and assistance your teams are providing to our Emergency Planning team. The contact details for B&NES EP Team are: Incident_management@bathnes.gov.uk   Cold weather alert   Please be aware the UKHSA and the Met Office have issued a yellow cold weather alert for all regions of England. The current alert is in place between 09:00 on Saturday 6 January and 12:00 on Friday 12 January.   You can find alerts here:  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cold-health-alerts-issued-by-ukhsa-and-the-met-office   Useful links   We have included this list of links providing flooding and health advice for the public and responders for you to share where appropriate with your teams:   Flooding: health guidance and advice – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/flooding-health-guidance-and-advice   Flooding and health: executive summary – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders/flooding-and-health-executive-summary   Flooding and health: an overview – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders/flooding-and-health-an-overview   Flooding and health: advice for frontline responders – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders   Flooding and health: advice for the public – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-public-advice/flooding-and-health-advice-for-the-public   How to prepare for flooding – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders/how-to-prepare-for-flooding   How to respond to flooding – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders/how-to-respond-to-flooding   How to recover from flooding – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flooding-and-health-advice-for-frontline-responders/how-to-recover-from-flooding   What to do after a flood – https://www.gov.uk/after-flood   National Flood Forum – https://nationalfloodforum.org.uk/   Here is the link to the flooding comms toolkit – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oz0zYftMNJB04QYjDEigcaTxXcYkqTq-/edit?rtpof=true   Adverse weather and health plan and associated guidance – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adverse-weather-and-health-plan   Cold weather health, guidance and advice – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cold-weather-plan-for-england   Warm Spaces Directory – https://livewell.bathnes.gov.uk/warm-places-list Copyright © 2024 BANES, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: The Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW

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