National Emergency Plan
Grandad April 15th, 2008
There was a lot of fuss on the meeja yesterday about the new Emergency Planning Handbook.
I mentioned it on Saturday, and I was a bit cynical. Sorry about that.
I was very interested to hear Willie O’Dea talking about the iodine tablets that weren’t distributed to every house in the country. Apparently those of us who received them should throw them away.
This is very clever thinking, because we all know that our sewage and landfill waste all end up in the drinking water supply anyway, so O’Dea’s suggestion means that we can all ingest the iodine, whether we had the tablets or not. Clever.
I went through the Emergency plan and it really is an eye opener. I’m glad I read it.
For the thousands of you who won’t receive the booklet, I will give a brief synopsis.
- Flooding: Dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
- Hazardous Chemical Spills: Dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
- Accidents at sea: Dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
- Fire: Dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
- Explosions and Suspicious Packages: Dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
- Nuclear Incidents: Don’t dial 999 [or 112] or inform the Emergency Services.
- Pandemic Influenza: You’re on your own.
It doesn’t mention earthquakes, tornados or Daniel O’Donnell escaping and running amok, but you can’t have everything.
I’m really glad I read the document. It has put my mind at rest.
It is really worth every cent of the €2,000,000 that it cost.
For those of you who want more information, they give their website as emergencyplanning.ie.
If that doesn’t work, I suggest you dial 999 [or 112] and inform the Emergency Services.
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