Preparing for an emergency
Although many emergencies happen without warning, there are some
situations that can be foreseen. For example, we do sometimes know
from forecasts that bad weather is heading our way and we can take
sensible precautions to deal with it or if the Environment Agency
are aware that flooding in Thanet is a possibility, they will issue
flood alerts.
The most important thing to remember in any emergency is to “go
in, stay in and tune in” to your local radio station. There may be
occasional exceptions to this, for example, if you receive
different advice from the emergency services.
To ensure that you can “tune in” to the latest information, it
may be worth buying a battery or wind-up radio in case the mains
electricity fails. The Council works closely with the local media
at all times and will ensure that, in the event of any emergency,
we give them information that they can pass on to you. That
information will also be available on the Council’s website.
Our local media consists of newspapers and radio and television
stations:
Newspapers:
Isle of Thanet Gazette /
Thanet Times / Adscene
Kent on Sunday / Your
Thanet
KM Thanet
Extra
Radio stations:
BBC Radio Kent
Invicta
FM
KM-FM Thanet
TV stations:
BBC South East
Today
ITV Meridian
If you are the first person to see an emergency situation, you
should contact the emergency
services.
Some of the emergency situations that may happen that we can all
prepare for include:
Flooding
Severe weather warnings
Oil pollution
Pandemic
Flu
Drought
Fire safety
Businesses can also prepare for emergency situations and more
information can be found on
the Council’s Business Continuity pages.