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2018-08-17 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Press release Make it your business to be flood resilientThe Environment Agency is working with North East businesses to ensure they are prepared for flooding. The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to ensure North East businesses are prepared for flooding. Since 1998 there has been at least one serious flood every year with businesses more likely to flood than be destroyed by fire. And with recent events such as 2012’s ‘Thunder Thursday’ hitting businesses hard the Environment Agency is working with them to reduce the impact of a flood. The campaign launches with an event in Yarm next week and will culminate with an event in North Shields in October. The Environment Agency’s four Flood Resilience Community Engagement Officers for the region have already been in touch with more than 700 business across the region to raise awareness of flooding issues – more than 100 in Tyne and Wear, more than 500 in Durham and Darlington and more than 90 in Cleveland. In Northumberland, the team worked with seven businesses during a drop-in about a potential flood scheme at Hexham Industrial Estate and 18 businesses attended a drop-in event at Prudhoe. ‘It will never happen to me’Taryn Al-mashgari, Community Engagement Officer for Tyne and Wear, said:
Businesses can come along and talk to Sarah Duffy, Community Engagement Officer for Cleveland, about their experiences of flooding and she will be helping them understand how to prepare for a flood, create a business flood group and ensure the safety of staff and customers during a flood event. Refreshments will be provided.
And in October, the campaign will culminate with a big event for businesses at North Shields Fish Quay. Taryn added:
Things businesses can do to make them more resilient to flooding:
Published 17 August 2018
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来源平台 | gov.uk - environment agency |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/105743 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | admin. Make it your business to be flood resilient. 2018. |
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