Yorkshire Water has invested in new technology and equipment to help support its response to incidents to ensure that it continue to provide essential services whatever the circumstance.
A new incident room located at the water company’s Head Office in Bradford was officially opened last week.
Yorkshire Water holds incident meetings during emergencies such as the flooding at Christmas 2015 -the new high tech room will support its response to such events.
To support the new strategic incident room, the utility has also invested in a new incident vehicle that can be deployed across the region at a moment’s notice. The vehicle is fitted with state of the art technology so it is capable of linking up with the Incident Room in Bradford to provide real time updates.
Yorkshire Water has also invested in other key pieces of equipment needed in an emergency, including drinking water tanks, pumps and temporary flood barriers that are stored across the region so they can be quickly deployed.
Under legislation known as the Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD), the water company needs to be prepared for every eventuality. The firm is a secondary responder to emergency incidents and works closely with the Local Resilience Forum, which includes blue light services and the Environment Agency. It is hoped the new room will help support Local Resilience Forums across the region during major emergency incidents.
Steve Roper, Service Delivery Centre Manager said:
“Supplying Yorkshire with clean water and taking it away to treat is a big job and we take our responsibility very seriously. Our control room is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and we have a number of colleagues who keep the water flowing around the region from our base here in Bradford. Our new incident room will help us to continue to provide this service even when circumstances and events make it difficult to do so. This will ultimately allow us to become more resilient.”
“By having an incident room of the future we can respond to incidents better and have a base for making important strategic decisions.”
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