Flooding - Local Action
Prompt commonsense actions (getting sandbags where they are needed, marking flooded or closed roads clearly) can prevent damage to property and some of the more immediate inconvenience of flooding.
We can’t assume that the flood in July of this year was a “one off” event, so we are putting what we learned to practical use now – before it happens again. This time, Roger Godwin, our Parish Flood Warden, acted decisively and acquired supplies of sand and sandbags at Yew Tree Farm in Longney, but his greatest difficulty was to get this and other information out to residents of the Parish fast enough.
This is why we are asking for your contact details Longney and Epney Parish Council, November 2007.
Be prepared
Contact Yew Tree Farm for sand and bags if you feel you are in danger of flooding on 01452 720938
or 07774 220 06.
Emergency Information
For Police, Fire or Ambulance, dial 999.
You can also dial 112 anywhere in the European Community to contact the emergency services.
Dial 999 only when:
- Life is threatened
- Someone is injured
- You suspect a crime is being committed
- You see something suspicious happening
Police - Non-emergency
Stroud / Cotswolds / Cheltenham / Forest of Dean / Gloucester call Gloucestershire Constabulary on 01452 521201 or 01242 521321
Avon or Somerset call 01275 818181
Calls are handled centrally but your local officers will respond to reported incidents.
Call Crimestoppers for information about a crime (you may remain anonymous) 0800 555 111
Fire service
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Service HQ
Waterwells Drive
Quedgeley
Gloucester
GL2 2AX
General non-emergency number: 01452 753333
Hospitals - accident and emergency
Cheltenham General Hospital - 01242 273052
Cirencester Hospital - 01285 884582 / 884603
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital - 01452 394518 / 394324
Stroud General Hospital - 01453 562200
Utilities
Electricity - Call 08457 331 331 (GPU Power UK - previously MEB) if there is a power cut.
Gas - Call 0800 111 999 if you smell gas.
Water - Water leak-line and public sewers: Severn Trent Water 0800 783 4444
If you live outside Stroud District contact:
Thames Water 0845 920 0800 (Cirencester, Burford, Stow on the Wold, Kineton, Withington, Sapperton, Rodmarton or Kemble)
Wessex Water 0845 730 0600 (Tetbury, Malmesbury or Wootton Bassett)
Bristol Water 0845 702 3797 (Avonmouth, Bristol or Bath) Other emergency contacts
Animals / Vets
RSPCA cruelty hotline 0870 5555 999
Gloucestershire Wildlife Rescue Centre 01452 700038
Dog Warden service - 01453 754491/7
Environment Department - Gloucestershire County Council - Helpline 01452 425500 / Out of Hours Emergencies 0845 6677788 (from 5pm to 9am only)
Malicious telephone calls
Call 150 (if you have a BT line) or the Advice Line on 0808 1000 777
Social Services Helpline 01453 760500
Stroud District Council - Emergency (24 hours) - 01452 532467
All other times contact us through the normal ways
Helplines
Drinkline 0800 917 8282
National Drugs Helpline: 0800 776600 talktofrank.com
Samaritans: 0845 790 9090
Childine: 0800 1111
NSPCC Child Protection Helpline: 0800 800 500
Victim Supportline: 0845 30 30 900
Domestic Violence Helpline: 0870 599 5443
Ads from the Parish
Survey Vessel Charter
Tel: 01452 740559
Mob: 0779 086 2215
Property Maintenance Service
Tel: 01452 741268
Mob: 0776 838 6741
Agricultural and heavy
plant services
Tel: 01452 740782
Mob: 0783 662 9172
Fiona Downton
MSSCh, MBChA, HPC Reg
Chiropodist
Tel: 01452741733
Mob: 0773 064 7222
Photographer
Roofing Solutions
Slating . Tiling . Leadwork . Guttering
Tel: 01452 723491
Mob: 0797 110 7761
Powells Holiday Cottage
Ref: 822
Two bedroom bungalow
on the banks of the River Severn.
Sleeps 4.
Tel: 01834 812791
S.J. & R.A. Jones
Agricultural Contractor
Tel: 0786 071 8447
Terry Smith
Lawn mowing, Hedge trimming, General garden work
Tel: 0778 986 6071
Public house and Restaurant
On the banks of the
River Severn
Tel: 0871 917 0007
