Hot weather ahead... ..make sure you take precautions

Enjoy the lovely weather we're having but keep safe in the sun...

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Summerhealth/Pages/Heatwave.aspx

Kind Regards


Paul Robertson


Senior CEV Coordinator

Wiltshire Times Article...

Please follow the link to the Wiltshire Times Article on our storage container launch day

Wiltshire Times Article


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Paul Robertson

Our first Shovels...

Our push to get second-hand tools from the local community has born fruit with the first two shovels being dropped off at J Alex Brown (Hardware) in town. Many thanks to James for holding on to them for us. It really is much appreciated! Thank you to whoever it was who dropped it off. Your donation is much appreciated and will be of great help to us!



If you think you might have a spare spade, shovel, broom, or even a sack barrow lurking in the back of your shed or garage that you no longer need do please consider donating it to us

Many thanks


Kind Regards


Paul Robertson

PPE has arrived....

Yes, now there is no excuse not to be dressed like a traffic cone! Our first instalment of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) has arrived from the suppliers and is now safely stored in our storage container. Nearly ready for our first crowd marshalling event on 12th of July.

 

 

We will have to have a trial PPE wearing to see if we can make our Hi Viz look as cool and casual as the adverts!

 

There is still plenty of room in our container for any spare brooms, spades, or shovels. Please do drop them off in town at J Alex Brown Hardware on Silver Street

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

 

Senior CEV Coordinator

First Aid Apps

Following our first aid training our trainer at the British red Cross recommended downloading first Aid Apps onto our smart phones. The British red Cross do both an adult and child first aid app:

British red Cross App

My smart phone is so old and clunky that it couldn't cope with the British red Cross App so I downloaded the St Johns Ambulance App instead which is just as good!

St Johns Ambulance App

You don't need to have done any formal training to use these and they are free to download. GET THEM ON YOUR PHONE! They could help you save a life!


Kind Regards



Paul Robertson


Senior CEV Coordinator

Crowd Marshall Training

An interesting evening last night with Surriya Subramaniam from Wiltshire Councils Emergency Planning Team giving us the benefit of his considerable experience in preparing us for crowd marshalling at various events in town throughout the year. It was good to welcome some new faces from our recent recruitment drive at the Town Councils Recruitment Fair.

The training notes are now up on the blog so enjoy!

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson


CEV Coordinator

Another picture of our stall at the successful recruitment fair

Mike Manning our stall

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

 

CEV Senior Coordinator

Storage Container Official Launch

We are very pleased to be able to have an official launch of our Storage Container today at the Fire Station. Many thanks to Wiltshire Council Area Board and B o A Town Council for jointly funding the container. Wiltshire Council Emergency Weather Team have also supplied us with Gel sacs and Flood Signage. Thanks also to Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and Wiltshire Police for their cooperation.

Outside our container with representatives from the Police and Fire Service and the British Red Cross

 

Just need to equip our container with tools so look in your garden shed and let us know if you have any old shovels and spades we can have!

 

We should be in the Wiltshire Times next week!

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

 

Senior CEV Coordinator

 

 



First Aid Training with the British Red Cross

A great morning learning some valuable life saving skills with the British Red Cross. Many thanks to Joe from the BRC for taking us through the different scenarios and giving us plenty of confidence to help others in an emergency! Thank you also to our volunteers for turning out and getting stuck in.

Our volunteers learning valuable skills

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

 

Senior CEV Coordinator

 

Weather Warning Issued For Wiltshire...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for Wiltshire from Fri 12th to Sat 13th June.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ba15?day=2

Primary risk is from surface water flooding due to potential heavy downpours and blocked gullies. If you know your property is at risk from surface water flooding now is the time to check your emergency bag (See our blog page for details of what this should contain) and flood plan (again this can be downloaded from the appropriate page of our blog) and maybe clear any blocked gutters and gullies around your property.

The river levels are very low at the moment and there are currently no flood warnings issued by the Environment Agency

http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/river-and-sea-levels/120718.aspx?stationId=3016
http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood/31618.aspx


Keep Safe

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson


Senior CEV Coordinator

(Please note this information is correct at the time of publishing - we recommend you keep upto date with the latest weather situation if your property is at risk by watching the latest weather forecast and monitoring the EA website)

Recruitment Fair Latest

Just heard we have currently received seven new sign up forms from the recruitment fair on Sunday so far. That really is great news and makes all the hard work put in by our volunteers worth while!


Kind Regards



Paul Robertson


CEV Senior Coordinator

BoA Town Council Recruitment Fair

The CEVs had a stand at the BoA Town Council Volunteer Recruitment Fair in St Margaret's Hall on Sunday 7th June. A big thank you to our volunteers Michelle, Wendy, Mike, and Tony for manning the stall throughout the event, and talking to interested members of the public.



Thank you also to our partners at Wiltshire Council Emergency Planning, The Environment Agency, British Transport Police, & Network Rail, for providing plenty of useful leaflets and freebies to tempt in the volunteers.

Here's hoping we get plenty of new recruits to help us


Kind Regards



Paul Robertson

Senior CEV Coordinator

Our Container Is Badged!

We have now got our Vinyl Artwork on the container just in case anyone wondered who it belonged to!

The CEVs need your Shovels, Brooms & Spades!

Now we have a lovely new storage container we need something to fill it with! The CEVs in conjunction with the Alex Brown Hardware store in town (Thank you James) are now asking the residents of Bradford whether you have any spare shovels, brooms, spades, and buckets (Plastic Buildings buckets preferred) you might wish to give us to carry out our roles as flood wardens and snow wardens. If you don't have a spare tool then perhaps you might consider buying one for us. A full list of our equipment requirements including numbers required is available at Alex Brown Hardware.

Drop off your spare tools at Alex Brown Hardware, Silver Street, Bradford on Avon.

No buckets with holes in please as they don't hold much water or salt!

Thank you for your support


Kind Regards



Paul Robertson

CEV Senior Coordinator

Volunteer Recruitment Day

Bradford on Avon Town Council is holding a Volunteer Recruitment day on the 7th June from 12-4pm at St Margarets Hall. All sorts of groups will be there to explain how you can volunteer in the local community. The CEVs will have a stand there manned by some of our volunteers so please do go along and ask lots of questions. We have lots of leaflets to give away from our partner organisations as well as FREE HIGHLIGHTER PENS courtesy of Wiltshire Council Emergency Planning Team! What more could you ask for! So get down to the Volunteer day this Sunday to collect your free pen whilst stocks last!

Kind Regards



Paul Robertson

Senior Coordinator

Our Container Has Arrived...

Yes after much effort and coordination we now have a container safely delivered to the Fire Station yard ready for storing our tools and equipment.

 Delivery lorry arrives (It was bigger than I was expecting!)

HIAB is positioned over the container

 

Our Container is suspended in mid air!

 

Located in its final position

 

 

Many thanks to all who made this possible including the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Wiltshire Police, Wiltshire Council Area Board, and Bradford on Avon Town Council. It feels like we've arrived at last!

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

 

Paul Robertson

 

CEV Senior Coordinator