Snow Warden Training Notes Up

Unfortunately our flood water awareness training had to be cancelled at short notice. So instead our snow warden training was brought forward from July. It was good to have our friends from Melksham there as well.



Testing out the push along Gritter





Simon demonstrating the importance of good PPE drill!


To find out more go to our training notes page


Kind Regards






Paul Robertson




Senior CEV Coordinator

Flood Warden Refresher Training...

We had our first Flood Warden Refresher training last night with a good attendance of volunteers from Melksham and Bradford on Avon as well as our colleagues from Dorset and Wiltshire FRS Bradford on Avon crew. A big thank you to Geo Design Barriers for providing such a great demonstration (in the failing light!) of so many different types of flood barrier. It was really good to see. As well as talking about our own roles, we also were happy to welcome back our colleagues from The Environment Agency who gave us the background and wider picture as to how the warning system works and what triggers it.

The smallest barrier type being displayed

Erecting the Intermediate Sized barrier

Stage 1 - Erecting Supports

Stage 2 - Fixing Spacers

Stage 3 - Fixing Panels / Corner Pieces

Stage 4 - On with the waterproof liner and chain weight

Stage 6 - Completed barrier

A really useful practical demonstration on how these types of barriers go together by Geo Design Barriers (Many thanks Britt and Stephen).

Looking forward to our flood water awareness training starting next month!

Kind Regards

Paul Robertson



Major Incident Training Night...

A very interesting evening was had last night when SO Andy Green from Trowbridge Fire Station came to talk about Major Incidents and what the Fire Service and other Emergency Services get up to during a Major Incident. It was good to understand the background of how the 1st responder agencies co-ordinate themselves and also how we as community volunteers fit into that bigger picture. Training Notes are now uploaded onto our training page.

A big thank you to Andy for taking time out to talk to us and answer all our questions. It was also great to welcome Melksham Without Councillors, Officers, and volunteers and get a chance to share experiences and best practice. You are very welcome!

Volunteers listening intently to SO Andy Green

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

Senior CEV Coordinator



New Volunteer Recruitment Video

We have now uploaded a new volunteer recruitment poster onto our 'Become a Volunteer' page.

Please check it out to find out more about what we do, and please consider joining the volunteers. We're always looking for new recruits

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson

Senior CEV Coordinator

Sand Bins have arrived!

We have now taken delivery of some very large sand bins to be located either side of the river. This provides us with materials for filling sandbags to help during flooding events.

Just need to organise some sand!

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson

CEV Coordinator

Flood Warning Stand Down

The Environment Agency has now stood down the flood warning for Bradford on Avon and our volunteers who have been out checking the barriers for the past 48hrs have now been stood down as well. A big thank you to the volunteers who have done a great job over the past 2 days working in close cooperation with our partner agencies. Many thanks for all your hard work

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson


Senior Coordinator

Bradford on Avon on Flood Alert

Bradford on Avon is back on flood alert after 30mm of rain over last 24hrs. For updates please keep an eye on our twitter feed. If you are out and about please do not enter flood water! If you live in a flood prone area sign up to the Environment Agencies flood warning service and take note of their advice for getting prepared


Kind Regards



Paul Robertson