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Emergencies
Major emergencies can happen quickly and without warning. They have the potential to threaten and disrupt the lives of individuals, businesses and the community, sometimes with serious consequences. It is vitally important that Wirral Council remains operational in an emergency. We have plans in place to support and protect Wirral in the event of an emergency and ensure essential services are kept going at all times.
Some useful phone numbers incase of emergency are:
- Emergency Services: 999
- Environment Agency Floodline 0845 6060606
- Transco (gas) 0800 111 999
- NHS Direct 0845 4647
Wirral Council
- General Enquiries 0151 606 2000
- Out of hours 0151 647 7810
Further information on emergencies can be found below, and by using the menu to the left of this page.
What can cause an emergency?
- Natural disasters – such as storms, floods, earthquakes
- Transport incidents – such as train crashes and plane crashes
- General disasters – such as chemical plant fires, unexploded bombs
- Disease epidemic – such as flu, bird flu, foot and mouth disease
- Acts of terrorism
Emergencies that have affected Wirral and neighbouring communities in recent years include:
The Fuel Crisis in 2000, the high winds and severe weather early 2007, and the issue with the Acetyline drum in disused warehouse early 2007.
Who responds in an emergency?
Many different agencies can respond depending upon the scale and type of incident. The main responsibilities for these agencies are listed below:
Merseyside Police
- Protection of life and property
- Co-ordination of the overall response
- Co-ordination of evacuation
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
- Tackling fires
- Rescue of trapped casualties
- Dealing with chemical incidents and spillages
Ambulance Service
- Treatment and transportation of casualties to hospitals
- Co-ordination of overall medical response
- Decontamination of patients
Wirral Council
- Supports the emergency response with a range of services
- Cares for individuals and the community, in the initial response and during the return to normality
Voluntary Organisations
- Supports the emergency services and community
- Examples include British Red Cross Society, St John Ambulance, WRVS, The Samaritans and the RSPCA
Tune into local radio or television for any information or early warnings of an emergency or visit www.wirral.gov.uk for updates.
Wirral’s local radio stations are:
| Radio City | 96.7 FM |
| Radio Merseyside | 95.8 FM |
| Wirral’s Buzz | 97.1 FM |