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Strategic Assessment of Environmental Factors

Situation

The environmental section explores a range of environmental risks aligned to three key areas:

  • The built environment and infrastructure:
    Detail and context relating to the built environment and infrastructure that could feature or be impacted as part of an operational response.
  • Climate change and environmental:
    The effects and impact of climate change and the new and emerging technology that is designed to help reduce this. There is greater awareness and planning to support preparedness for an operational response.
  • Future developments:
    Future developments, plans and strategies from partner organisations that will change the environmental landscape of the county in future years.

Whilst building development and urban growth is ongoing across the county, Nottinghamshire also continues to see growth in renewable energy production. These emerging technologies and risks, such as wind and solar farms, and the increasing use of alternatively fuelled vehicles, require assessment and, in an emergency, a safe operational response.

Increasingly we are seeing the impact of climate change, often felt during meteorological events such as heavy rain and storms. This is predicted to increase with more intense rainfall, more extreme weather and wetter winters projected with surface water flooding continuing to present as one of the more likely risks within the National Risk Register risk assessment matrix.

This is changing the types of incidents we attend; hot summers can lead to increased forestry and outdoor fires, wetter weather is leading to more localised and wide-scale flooding and therefore an increasing risk of rescue from water, and storms can lead to damage to structures and properties.

The strategic assessment considered the following factors in this section.

  • The Built Environment and Infrastructure :
    • Air Transport and Aerodromes
    • Road Networks
    • Rail & Tram Networks
    • Rivers, Canal Networks & Marinas
    • Industrial Sites – COMMAH & REPPIR
    • Football Grounds, Sports Stadiums and Arenas
    • Heritage & Listed Properties
    • High Rise Buildings
    • Underground Mines & Workings
    • Waste, Recycling & Scrap Sites
    • Composite Fence Panels
    • Tourist Attractions
    • AirBnB
    • Universities
  • Climate Change and Environmental:
    • Climate Change & Decarbonisation
    • Local Climate Impacts Profile
    • Conservation and Sites of Special Scientific interest (SSSI)
    • Wildfires and Woodland
    • Earthquakes
    • Extreme Weather Events
    • Flooding
    • Fracking
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Wind Turbines
    • Solar Farms
    • Battery Storage
  • Future Developments:
    • Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan 2038
    • Nottingham City Council Local Plan 2020
    • Nottingham City Council – Building a Better Nottingham
    • Planned Developments

Direction

We have developed our operational response following National Operational Guidance. This is used at all incidents to support the decision-making process of incident commanders. Operational Information Notes have been developed regionally, to provide information on national guidance. The regional team have developed training materials to embed the operating guidance into operational competence. We are ensuring that our firefighters’ skills and equipment keep pace with this area of change, assured through technical training and practical exercising.

Our Protection department is responsible for ensuring the safety of people who are in and around public and work-based premises. This is achieved through ensuring that the premises meet the requirements of the Fire Safety Order (2005). We are consulted on plans for buildings, and we encourage developers to include fire suppression systems, ensuring new developments have adequate water supplies. We are engaged from a regulatory and community safety perspective, and we incorporate the new buildings into our risk-based inspection programme where relevant once completed. Where site specific hazards are identified, intelligence is generated locally as Site Specific Risk Information for operational response.