PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING THE FLOODS OF JANUARY 2005 CUMBRIA FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING COUNTY FACTS Area 687,000 ha Coastline 245 km Population 487,607

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING SCALE OF CUMBRIA 1Greater London 2Hertfordshire 3Bedfordshire 4Buckinghamshire 8Surrey 5Half of Oxfordshire 6Half of Berkshire 7Part of Hampshire 9Parts of Kent & 10 Essex &11 Cambridgeshire Cumbria covers an area the size of :-

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING Aspatria Carlisle Longtown Brampton Alston Silloth Wigton Cockermouth Maryport Lazonby Penrith Appleby Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Lonsdale Sedbergh Shap Patterdale Ambleside Coniston Windermere Staveley Barrow Whitehaven Workington Kendal Keswick Frizington Egremont Seascale Bootle Broughton Ulverston Millom Dalton Milnthorpe Arnside Grange Walney CUMBRIA

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING FIRE STATION

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING CIVIC CENTRE

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING CITY CENTRE

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING BBC FORECAST WEATHER.01.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING WEATHER WARNING National Severe Weather Warning Service E M E R G E N C Y F L A S H Emergency Flash Warning of For the following areas Northern England Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Dumfries + Galloway E Ayrshire E Lothian Gtr Manchester Lancashire Midlothian S Ayrshire S Lanarkshire  Scottish Borders Storm force westerly winds with gusts of 80 to 90 mph are expected across northern and eastern England and parts of southern Scotland from the early hours of Saturday morning. Northeast England is currently considered at greatest risk from the damaging winds. Buildings could be damaged and many trees uprooted. Driving conditions will be extremely dangerous and the public is advised not to make any journeys unless really necessary. Issued by the Met Office at 15:41 on Friday, 07th January 2005 Valid from 00:00 on Saturday, 08th January 2005 until 10:00 on Saturday, 08th January 2005

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING WEATHER CHART

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING RAINFALL

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING JANUARY 7TH VIDEO.01.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING OVERNIGHT EVENTS 18:00 Initial calls to: Kirkby Stephen Appleby Shap Penrith Keswick Longtown Parts of Carlisle

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING OVERNIGHT EVENTS River Petteril burst banks River Eden bursts banks Property starts to flood River Caldew bursts banks Police invoke Major Incident Gold/Silver commands established First reports of floods in Carlisle Series of events from – 08.00

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING WILLOW PARK

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING BRUCE WILSON

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING Silver Command – Carlisle Castle Penrith Cockermouth COMMAND LOCATIONS Carlisle Gold Command – Carlton Hall Police HQ Bronze Command – Warwick Road/Eastern Way Fire Command

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING 08:30 JANUARY 8TH VIDEO.02.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING 09:00 JANUARY 8TH Willowholme area of Carlisle floods Power station floods causing loss of electricity supply in North Cumbria

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING WILLOWHOLME

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING WILLOWHOLME

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING 10:00 JANUARY 8TH Police request assistance from people with boats 6000 residents in 3500 homes affected Evacuation continues

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING 10:00 JANUARY 8TH VIDEO.03.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING MULTI-AGENCY SEARCH AND RESCUE VIDEO.04.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING GOLD COMMAND STRATEGY To minimise the risk to members of the public and first responders

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING JANUARY 9TH Temporary Fire Station at Carlisle Castle Logistics issues Welfare of personnel

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING DUNCAN TAYLOR

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING HIGH VOLUME PUMPS ODPM release HVP’s Arrived Sunday evening Deployed on Monday morning SLIDES.01.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING CLEAR-UP OPERATION VIDEO.05.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING MAIN LEARNING POINTS Value of multi-agency training Co-ordination of multi-agency command and control Review of protective clothing/equipment Welfare and personnel issues Pre planning for the unexpected

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING DID WE DELIVER ? VIDEO.06.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service would like to thank the following contributors:- BBC Look North BBC Radio Cumbria ITV Border PRODUCED BY CUMBRIA FILMS LTD

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