Emergencies

Dealing with emergencies

During any serious incident, please listen to your local radio stations for news updates. We will provide information to Spirit FM, Ocean FM, Wave 105 FM, BBC Southern Counties Radio and Southern FM.

• Outside office hours, a duty emergency response co-ordinator can be contacted through our Community Careline.
• To report chemical pollution of a river, major water supply or the sea (for example, by oil), please inform the Environment Agency. 
• If the pollution is on land, please contact our Environmental Protection service.
• For flood warning advice, contact the Environment Agency's Floodline service or look at its website. 
  
  We work with the emergency services, other local authorities and voluntary groups to prepare and plan for any emergencies that might take place. Emergency planning staff and volunteers are fully trained and are able to respond promptly and effectively to a major incident.

Our district has seen significant flooding, the Sessions House fire and Selsey tornado as well as major industrial fires at Sainsbury's and Portfield Peugeot. In each of these cases, our emergency plan was tried and tested.