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Delegated Services Risk Warning: Water Supplies

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  Hello all, Bristol Water are reporting damage to a water main in the Nailsea / Backwell area. The damaged main is affecting a local reservoir so they are working to isolate the damage and repair the main. Properties in the following areas might experience no water/poor pressure due the damage: Nailsea / Clevedon / Wraxall / Claverham / Portishead / Clapton in Gordano / Weston in Gordano / Portbury / Yatton They say they are delivering bottled water to their Priority Service customers, starting with the most vulnerable. Staff are currently collecting the bottles and will be making deliveries. They are also setting up water stations where customers will be able to collect water.  If you have a medical condition or disability, and are not already registered on the Priority Services register, please call us on 0345 702 3797. ​To keep up to date with progress of the response and recovery visit: NB: Depending on progress, at a minimum, if the repair is quick and successful, flushing will p
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Delegated Services Risk Warning: Weather; Wind

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  Hello all, The Met Office have just issued the following regarding the next named storm Isha: Amber warning for South West England Wind Between 18:00 (UTC) on Sun 21 Jan 2024 and  09:00 (UTC) on Mon 22 Jan 2024 This covers the following parts of our operational area: Bristol ,  North Somerset ,  Somerset ,  South Gloucestershire  and Monmouthshire. The boundary is inevitably fluid and adjoining areas will obviously experience challenging conditions too. Storm Isha will bring a spell of very strong winds during Sunday evening into Monday. Disruption to travel and utilities is likely. What to expect * Longer journey times and cancellations likely, as road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected * Some roads and bridges likely to close * Probably some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs * There is a good chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage * Injuries and danger to life is likely from large wav
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DS Risk Warning: Weather; Cold-Health Alert

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  Hello all, The UK Health Security Agency, (UKHSA) have issued an AMBER alert with a score of 12 (see the attached), and is in effect between 08/01/2024 at 12:00 and 12/01/2024 at 12:00. For us to take into account they advise: General Overview  - Significant impacts are probable across the health and social care sector due to forecast weather conditions, including: observed increase in mortality across the population, particularly in the 65+ age group or those with certain underlying health conditions, but impacts may also be seen in younger age groups; increased demand for remote health care services likely; internal temperatures in care settings (e.g. hospitals, care homes and primary care settings) may fall below recommended threshold for clinical risk assessment; maintaining indoor temperatures at recommended 18°c may become challenging for some, leading to increased risk of vulnerable people; staffing issues due to external factors (e.g. travel delays); other sectors may start t
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Delegated Services Risk Warning: Weather; Wind

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  Amber warning for South West England Wind Hello all, What a way to start 2024! The Met Office has issued an AMBER warning focussing on the winds associated with named storm: HENK. It covers all of our local operational area. The timescale of the warning is in place, at present, b etween 10:00  AM  on  Tue sday  2 nd  Jan uary  2024 and 20:00  PM  on Tue sday  2 nd  Jan 2024 . They say: Storm Henk will bring a spell of very strong winds, causing disruption to travel and utilities. What to expect * Longer journey times and cancellations likely, as road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected * Some roads and bridges likely to close * Probably some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs * Flying debris is likely and could lead to Injuries or danger to life * There is a good chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage, and * Injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being t
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DS Risk Warning: Weather; Floods

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  Hello all In the light of the YELLOW rain warnings across our operational area the Environment Agency, taking into account current river levels, ground saturation, etc. have issued the Warning Level information below.  Please note 4 areas are identified with supporting maps. At present this is a 'heads up' and more likely to be an issue around disruption to travel arrangements. Updates tomorrow may increase the threat level where premises are impacted. The following link helps with what the warnings mean and actions that are necessary. Flooding is possible -  be prepared Here is the  information  on the  4 Alert areas :   Flood alert for North Somerset area Updated 1:36pm on 6 December 2023 View map of the flood alert area (Visual only) River levels have fallen in the River Yeo catchment, but the risk of flooding remains. Areas most at risk are locations near the Congresbury Yeo, with low lying land expected to be most affected, particularly around roads at Wrington and Iwood
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DS Risk Warning: Conflict in the Middle East

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  Hello all, The following information comes from Protect UK: Over the past ten days, the conflict between Israel and Hamas has continued to intensify. From a UK policing perspective, we are seeing the impact of this conflict through a number of high profile protests in UK cities and a marked increase in hate crime reporting. On the 17th October Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum commented that events in the Middle East have, in the past, had repercussions in the way the terrorist threat manifests itself in Europe and other western countries. He added that the UK terrorism threat level is kept under regular independent review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), and that the events we are seeing unfold will be factored into these considerations. The UK terrorism threat level remains at SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely. We all have a role to play in keeping the UK safe. Attacks can happen in any place and at any time. ProtectUK can support with guidance and awareness
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Risk Warning: Malicious emails/copycats

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  Hello all, We've spotted this headline emerging this morning relating to problems yesterday: Schools in lockdown in the north west as police probe ‘malicious emails’ In brief the report says: Police have launched an investigation after malicious emails were sent to a number of schools in the north-west which forced one of them to go into lockdown. Chester Constabulary (CC) and Great Manchester Police (GMP) both received reports on Tuesday morning of threats to teachers and pupils sent to schools in Chester, Ellesmere Port and the city of Manchester. Both forces have now launched an investigation and officers have been visiting schools to provide reassurance. **** We thought we'd give you a 'heads up' on it in case of any similar activities in our area by the same perpetrators or copycats. Our advice is to: * brief those who may receive such emails * ensure there is no response to the sender * let the police know - you will need to make a judgement call on whether it i
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