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Floods and Gloucestershire (and South Worcs)

One of the problems faced by people in the floods is an absence of water and electricity. Those depending upon services for their lives are particularly at risk.

We have looked at this in Birmingham Emergency Planning and are happy to help, but have not been contacted. The government has said they are doing this contingency planning, but if they are then they should have contacted Birmingham.

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watchdog said…
thanks for this. Have the emergency contact centres been made aware of the offer?

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