Hazards / Risks: Utilities
Risks and articles based around utilities - including electricity, water and gas
Risk Advice & Articles
What you might need in a Gas Outage
If there's a problem with your gas supply, do you know what to do?
Know your water supply
If you have a leak in your home, do you know how to stop the water and how to turn it off?
Failure of Water Infrastructure or Loss of Drinking Water
Water and the supply of water is vital for us all, it’s a service that we all expect to be there whenever we need to turn our tap on or flush our toilet.
How the power system works in the UK
Have you ever thought about how the power gets to your home?
What are electricity rota loads?
What's the plan if there is ever an energy shortage?
Generators
Depending on your own requirement and needs, it may be useful to find out more about generators and how having one may help you.
LRF in Action
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Power Outage Planning and National Exercises
Our chance to test Power Outage Scenarios on a big scale with over 200 people involved!
Exercise Inundation
Its not too often we take part in big exercises across multiple boundaries, but sometimes a great opportunity presents its-self!
Salisbury Rail Crash
Some describe it as the Salisbury Rail Crash, some as the Salisbury. Derailment and some as the Salisbury Train Crash. Whatever label one puts on it, officially it was Operation Zambezi.