Emergency Planning

Disaster often strikes quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighbourhood or confine you to your home.

No matter how well the statutory agencies plan their responses to potential disasters, to ensure the safety of your home and well-being of you and your family, you should prepare now to meet your own basic needs for at least the first 72 hours following a major disaster.

We are planning for potential disasters - are you?

We all hope that a major emergency never happens here.  However if it does there is some simple advice that, if you follow, you could minimize the impact it has on you, your family and your home.

• Our Major Emergency Plan - will help the Council to deal effectively with any 'major emergency'; coordinating its activity with other organisations which are responding to the incident. These other organisations may include the Police, Kent Fire & Rescue Service, South East Coast Ambulance, NHS Kent & Medway, Environment Agency or Kent County Council.
• Kent Resilience Forum - Preparing for Emergencies in Kent and Medway
• Kent Prepared - Kent Community Risk Register - is informed by national guidance and developed locally with partners and subject matter experts to determine what are our most likely risks in Kent. This may include risks such as flooding, severe weather or loss of utilities.
• Handbook - What should I do in an Emergency?
• Preparing for Major Emergencies

Flooding

If you live in a flood risk area make your own plans to protect your property and valuable possessions. 

• Check if you are at risk of flooding
• Make a flood plan
• Kent County Council flooding and drainage
• More information on flooding
• Sandbags
• More information on a Groundwater Alert Service for East Kent launched by the Environment Agency

Further Information

• Environment Agency 0345 988 1158 (floods) 0800 807 060 (pollution and environmental damage)
• Electricity (EDF Energy) 105 and the telephone service will automatically direct you to the network distributor's emergency number for your area
• Gas (National Grid) 0800 111 999 for gas emergencies and reporting leaks
• Kent Fire and Rescue Service 01622 692 121 for all non-emergencies
• Kent Highways Winter Service
• Kent Police 101 or 01622 690690 for all non-emergencies
• Kent Prepared
• Met Office
• Southern Water 0330 303 0368 for all emergencies
• UK Power Networks 0800 029 4285 for general enquiries and 0800 316 3105 for emergencies

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