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COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN — GET INVOLVED

The Parish Council are working with Derbyshire County Council , Amber Valley, the Police and Fire and Ambulance

Service to put together a Community Action Plan for Duffield.

The Plan is intended for use in the case of a civil emergency and is local to the Parish. The aim of the Plan is to hold a

central paper document that contains contact information for those who may assist or who may need help in the case of

an emergency.

It will identify two contacts in addition to the Parish Council who will link in with the population generally to cascade

information and communicate with the public.

To make the plan successful it is important that the community become involved.

We need to identify and hold information in the plan on individuals who can help the community in times of trouble.

We also need to identify people who would be vulnerable and might need help.

The type of information we need is the name, contact number and address of Doctors, Nurses, Firefighters, First Aiders,

Paramedics, Pharmacists, Ambulance Drivers, Clergy, Vets, Farmers, Radio Operators, particularly those with amateur

radio equipment, and Boat Owners who live locally (working or retired.) If you have access to a helicopter we would also

like to hear from you.

Because this is personal information all data must be held in accordance with the data protection act, and individuals

must agree to it being held. We hope that we will never need to use the information in the plan, but this will it is hoped

give the Parish some emergency cover until the national emergency services can assist us.

If you are willing to have you information included in the emergency plan or if you want to find out more information about

what we need to include please visit our website at www.duffieldpc.org.uk and follow the link .You can send your

information electronically if this is easier to sally.bygraves@duffieldpc.org.uk

PARISH COUNCIL TO HOLD EMERGENCY SANDBAGS

As part of the review of emergency procedures in Duffield, the Parish Council has agreed to purchase sand and hold

1000 sandbags for community use.

The sandbags have been kindly donated by Derbyshire County Council, however the sand will be purchased by the

Parish Council. The sand and sandbags will be held at Duffield Cemetery and be available to residents of the Parish at

times of flood, free of charge.

Duffield Parish Council Newsletter - Issue No. 55 (March 2008)