Emergencies

Preparing for an emergency

In the event of a major incident, the council works with other organisations such as the emergency services, Environment Agency, health agencies and neighbouring local authorities to try to mitigate the impact of the emergency and maintain public safety.

If you find yourself involved in any emergency it is important to -

• make sure 999 has been called if people are injured or if there is a threat to life
• not put yourselves or others in danger
• follow the advice of the emergency services
• try to remain calm and think before acting and try to reassure others
• check for injuries remember to attend to yourself before attempting to help others.
• If you are not involved in an accident but are close by or believe you may be in danger, in most cases the advice is GO IN, STAY IN and TUNE IN.

Further information

You can help to prepare yourself and your family for emergencies by following the information in our preparing for emergencies leaflet.

Further information on regional emergency planning is available from the Humber Emergency Planning Service website http://www.heps.gov.uk/.

More general information on preparing for an emergency is available from the Government's website at www.direct.gov.uk.

The Health Protection Agency also has helpful information on health-related incidents - see www.hpa.org.uk.

Emergency services contacts

Humberside Police

www.humberside.police.uk

Fire & Rescue Services

Humberside Fire & Rescue Service www.humbersidefire.gov.uk

Ambulance Service

Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Service NHS Trust
Cross O'Cliff Court
Bracebridge Heath
Lincoln
LN4 2HL
01522 545171

Safety at Sea

Coastguard Stations:

Sector Office
Brighton Slipway
Cleethorpes
01472 698300

Unit 3
South Road Industrial Estate
South Road
North Somercotes
Louth
LN11 7PT
01507 358213

Cleethorpes RNLI Website:
www.homestead.com/cleernli/index.html

Grimsby RNLI Website:
http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=2942 

Royal National Lifeboat Institution: www.rnli.org.uk