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About the Norfolk Civil Protection Volunteers
We are a
friendly group of volunteers that have a depot in the Norfolk Market
town of Aylsham. We meet regularly every Saturday morning to work on the
equipment or on an event that is already booked into our diary. At any
time the pager could sound and we will respond to the emergency as
required.
The
Civil Protection Volunteers were formed in the mid 1980’s with roots in
the Civil Defence, Royal Observer Corps. Set up to help the local
community out in the event of nuclear attack and were trained in the art
of make do, self sufficiency, radiation observation and what to do
after the bomb, but with the changing political map in Europe and
America more emphasis was put on “Civil Protection” in times of Natural
Disaster so we as a group have had to change the roles we carry out for
the Emergency Services and Local Government.
With the
introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act we again had to modify our
thinking to ensure that we helped comply with the volunteer roles laid
down by Central Government and so we continue to change whilst the needs
change. Our main tasks are for the District Councils of North Norfolk
and Broadland although this is under review so this could see more
change
The
first depot was opened in 1986 at Frettenham with a second Depot being
established in North Walsham a few years later. These were amalgamated
in 1999 with a move that saw us establishing the existing unit in
Aylsham.
Originally
the Volunteers were managed by the Emergency Planning Officer for
Broadland and North Norfolk but just over four years ago the status of
the group changed and we now are managed by a committee formed by the
volunteers themselves.
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