Horringer Village Website

Position/Organisation

Name

Telephone Number

Address

District Emergency Planning Officer
(St Eds BC)

David Bird

01284 757035

Police

999
774100
735645
01473 613500

Ambulance

999

Fire

999

West Suffolk Hospital

713000

Hardwick Lane

Social Services

352100

Anglian Water

0845 7 145 145

Electricity

0800 7 838 838

British Telecom

Reporting Fault

0800 800 154

Radio Suffolk

01473 250000

SGR Radio

01473 461000

St Edmundsbury Borough Council

Out of Hours:

Normal Hours:

763252

763233

Suffolk County Council

01284 352000

Horringer Community Centre

735533

Needs to be manned during emergency

Borough and County Councillor

Terry Clements

827161

Premises in order of preference

Resources available

Access & other info

Horringer Community Centre

Central to the village & familiar to people.

Large Main Hall.
Committee room for communications.
Well-equipped kitchen.
Sanitary facilities.
Stage for storage area.
Club next door.
Two telephone lines:
Centre 735533
Club 735504

1. Key box, located on the wall near the post office. Access by code. Obtain
from Beryl Hughes 735934
2. Key holders: Post Office, Club, community council chairman.
3. Organisations that use the community centre also know the code.
4. Key holder for Club: Angie Nunn

Ickworth Park Primary School

(Do not use if children in school)

Furniture inappropriate (too small)
Multiple rooms
Kitchen
Sanitary facilities
Computers & telephone lines

Contact Head – Marion Miles - 735337

Ickworth House (National Trust)

Isolated (which could be useful)

Contact property manager – Kate Carver 735270

Out of Hours:
Contact house staff 07769 876015

Horringer Church

No catering or sanitary facilities, use in conjunction with community centre.

Resource

Location

Telephone

 Full Emergency Plan - 2 laminated copies
& 5 paper copies.

In the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door in the Community Centre

 Tractors
Trailers
4–Wheel drives
Chainsaws

National Trust Foresters

Mr R Ames
Meadow Cottage
Sharpes Lane

Gordon Sturgeon
Sharpes Farm

Mr & Mrs Trevor Wells
The Hopleys, Manor Lane

735496
735921
Out of hours:
Head Forester 735154

Catering/Supplies

Limited coffee/tea in community centre

Six Bells public house
The Street

Beehive public house
The Street

Ickworth House
National Trust West Wing & Rotunda

Ickworth Hotel
Ickworth Park

735551

735260

735270

735350

First Aid Kit
Fluorescent jackets
Torches
Candles
Paper for admin
Clip Boards

In the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door in the Community Centre

Possible Tasks

Advice

Leadership

Allocation of possible roles

• Obtaining resources
• Welfare & caring for volunteers
• Communications
• In the field/incident

Inform District Emergency Planning Officer

Ensure village alerted

Consider use of Radio stations

Consider rest periods for volunteers

Consider safety measures

Insurance implications

Emergency costs

Identify a Team leader for overall Co-ordination.

See later advice sections
See later advice sections
See later advice sections
See later advice sections

Tel: 01284 757035

Use Neighbourhood Watch list to assist this. If telephones are not working the co-ordinators can knock on doors.
Village website could be used for keeping people informed. .

Remember those out and about.

Fluorescent jackets are in the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door of the Community Centre.

Insurance Company: Zurich Insurance Policy No. YLL 122004 195300.
      9am. - 5pm  01252 387530
      Out of hrs    0800 0280336
People authorised to act in accordance with the plan are covered for insurance purposes.

Speak to Parish Council Chairman, Peta Cook 735098 or Clerk , Marilyn Bottomley 789303

Possible Needs

Advice

Manpower

Communications Equipment:
Laptops
Printers
Mobile phones

Tractors

Catering supplies

Bedding/Clothing

Paper/pens for recording information

First Aid

Water

Keep a log of who loans equipment

See:

• Village organisations contact list in Horringer Diary;
• Neighbourhood Watch ring round list. See paper plan
• People with useful skills paper plan

Ask people on the day if you can borrow theirs.

See paper plan and Other Resources page

See paper plan and Other Resources page

Some paper etc. and clipboards are in the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door of Community Centre.
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First Aid Box In Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door of Community Centre.

Water authorities have an obligation to provide bottled water in the event of loss of supply exceeding 48 hours.  Up to 48 hours this is discretionary.

Possible Needs

Advice

 Looking after vulnerable residents:

Emergency Centre

Designate areas in Centre e.g.

• Information desk
• General rest area
• Play area for children
• Pet’s area?
• Storage area for equipment

Hot drinks and food

Comfort and warmth

Entertainment for children

First Aid

Fire Watch

Identify anyone with special needs.

Keep people occupied

Consider registration of all those in centre

Use neighbourhood watch coordinators to identify vulnerable people. See paper plan and NHW part of this web-site

Vulnerable people can go to or be looked after by a friend or neighbour or an emergency centre can be used. 

Designate a supervisor for each area, consider shift organisation.

First Aid Box in the Emergency Box in the Community Centre behind the door of the Committee Room

Check location of fire extinguishers.

Treat everyone as an individual.

Assisting others, tidying up, fire watch.

Work with communications section.

Do not have people queuing.  (People not admin).

Possible Tasks

Advice

Set up communications centre

Set up information desk for:

• Volunteers
• Villagers
• Villagers’ relatives
• District planning officer
• Emergency services

Log incidents in an Incidents Log

Set up computer, printer and telephone system if possible

Use Village Website to keep the village informed and up-to-date.

Use Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators to keep the village informed and up-to-date.

 Consider using runners to communicate with people elsewhere.

Contact Radio stations with advice

In Community Centre use the committee room.

Paper and Clip Boards are in the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door in the Community Centre.

Borrow Laptops.

Use Neighbourhood Watch list to assist this. See paper plan and NHW part of web-site.

If telephones are not working the co-ordinators can knock on doors.

See paper plan

Possible Tasks

Advice

Keep in regular contact with the communications coordinator

Be a main contact point for people helping at the incident and for street coordinators.

Assist volunteers to obtain any equipment they need

Keep a watchful eye for health and safety issues

Are road diversions needed e.g. using Sharpes Lane or Westley Lane?

Use runners/drivers if necessary.

See paper plan for list of Neighbourhood Watch street coordinators.

Liaise with Resource Coordinator at Emergency Centre.

Keep sightseers well away. (You could use some of them to do this!).
Watch for debris and other dangers.
Try to encourage volunteers to work in teams rather than on their own – with one member watching for safety issues.

Fluorescent jackets and torches are in the Emergency Box behind the Committee Room door in the Community Centre.

Borrow red triangles from villagers’ cars.