LIVERPOOL
Areas of Potential Higher Risk
Flooding - Floods are mostly natural events that result either from excessive rainfall that leads to rivers overflowing their banks, or from tidal storm surges on the coast or in estuaries. In urban areas, manmade drainage systems may have inadequate capacity or become blocked leading to flooding. Liverpool is the forth highest risk in the country for surface water flooding. This is a result of urbanisation, aging infrastructure and that a large percentage of water courses are culverted which leads to standing water. Because of climate change, both the chance and consequence of flooding has increased. Sea levels rise, more frequent and higher storm surges and increased winter rainfall and more intense summer rainfall will add to existing risk and it may not prove possible to improve fixed defenses sufficiently to maintain or raise protection standards. The Environment Agency (EA) is the lead organisation on flood defence and reports at policy level to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). This work, together with the Agency’s overall direction and supervision of all aspects of flood defence, is vital for sustaining the existing land use found on river and coastal flood plains.
Industrial Sites (Control of Major Accident Hazards - COMAH) - There are nine COMAH sites in Liverpool, upper tier and lower tier. An upper tier COMAH establishment is required to produce a full safety report which demonstrates that all necessary measures have been taken to minimise risks posed by the site with regard to the environment and local populations. Liverpool, in partnership with Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and the site operator, share detailed plans of assessment, anticipation, protection, preparedness, response and recovery. Three-yearly exercises are conducted with the site and partner agencies to ensure all processes and procedures are in place and well, rehearsed. (The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) and their amendments 2015, are the enforcing regulations within the United Kingdom of the Seveso II Directive devised in Brussels following the Seveso disaster. They are applicable to any establishment storing or otherwise handling large quantities of industrial chemicals of a hazardous nature). Further information is available from the Health and Safety Executive.
Upper Tier COMAH Sites :
- Eli Lilly & Company, Fleming Road, Speke (borders with Liverpool and Knowsley)
Lower Tier COMAH Sites :
- Associated British Ports, Dock Road, Garston
- Beckers Group, Goodlass Road, Speke
- Biodeg Chemical Company Limited, Edwards Lane, Speke
- Blagden Speciality Chemicals Limited, Triumph Trading Park, Speke
- Calor Gas, Derby Road, Liverpool
- Henty Oils, Huskisson Docks, Regent Road, Liverpool
- United Molasses Storage Limited, Shore Road, Seaforth
- Veolia ES (UK) Limited, King Street, Garston
USEFUL CONTACTS
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Liverpool City Council |
0151 233 3000/1 |
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Environment & Emergency Resilience Unit |
0151 233 8637 |
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Aintree University Hospital Lower Lane, L9 7AL Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Eaton Road, L12 2AP Broadgreen Hospital Thomas Drive, L14 3PE Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital Thomas Drive, L14 3PE Liverpool Dental Hospital Pembroke Place, L3 5PS Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen Hospital Prescot St, L7 8XP St Paul’s Eye Unit Prescot St, L7 8XP |
0151 525 5980
0151 252 5412
0151 706 2000
0151 600 1616
0151 706 2000
0151 706 2000
0151 706 3222
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Merseyside Police Admiral Street, Liverpool, L8 8JN St. Anne Street, Liverpool, L3 3HJ Ganworth Road, Speke, L24 2XQ Walton Lane, Walton, L4 5XF |
Urgent 999 General 101 Outside of Merseyside 0151 709 6010
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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Longmoor Lane, Aintree, L9 0EN Childwall Valley Road, Belle Vale, L25 2PY Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, L11 9AP Studholme Street, Kirkdale, L20 8EQ Beech Street, Kensington, L7 0EU St Anne Street, Liverpool City, L3 3DS 628 Queens Drive, Old Swan, L13 5UD Cartwrights Farm Road, Speke & Garston, L24 1UY 95 Windsor Street, Toxteth, L8 8E |
Urgent 999 General 0151 296 4000 0151 296 5695 0151 296 6600 0151 296 5595 0151 296 5375 0151 296 5415 0151 296 6270 0151 296 5725 0151 296 5765 0151 296 5835 |
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Maritime & Coastguard Agency
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Urgent 999 General 0151 931 3341 |
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport Merseytravel
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0151 521 8484 0151 227 5181
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(for planning rail, bus and ferry journeys) |
Scottish Power
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Powercut 105 Enquiries 0845 273 4444 Emergencies 0800 001 5400 |
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United Utilities |
Enquiries (24/7) 0345 672 3723 |