Joint Civil Aid Corps - West of England Civil Defence

14/08/2026

The Government have just released an emergency alert highlighting the risk of more wildfires

🚨Be vigilant and protect your community
🚨 temporary ban on disposable and portable barbecues
🚨if you live near moorland or vast areas of land you can do your part and become a fire watcher
🚨if you spot smoke call 999 with immediate effect and ask for the fire service
🚨use what3words or a UK grid reference finder app to help emergency services located the affected area quickly

Useful links

Source: What3Words https://share.google/TRTBvierCy7flXm9a

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.surveyor.module.ukGridTools

14/08/2026

🚨Friday 14th August

Missing sailing vessel

reports of a sailing boat Missing with one soul on board ⛵️

Coastguard Aircraft is currently searching between Lands End Cornwall & Lundy Island North Devon

If you are out and about walking the coastline and see anything resembling a sailing boat call 999 and ask for HM Coastguard

11/08/2026

A drought has been declared across Devon and Somerset, and surrounding areas 🚨

Hot, dry conditions mean a higher risk of wildfires and increased pressure on water supplies.

We’re reducing non-essential water use, reviewing firefighting water supplies, and ensuring our wildfire resources – including water bowsers, 4x4s, ATVs and drones – are ready to respond.

Help to protect each other, and our countryside and water supplies, by:

🔥 Avoiding campfires and disposable BBQs
🍖 Staying with BBQs and fire pits
🚬 Never dropping lit ci******es on dry ground
💧 Using water wisely

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09/08/2026

Have you heard of Meshcore?

Preparedness and emergency communications

Meshcore is an off grid wireless communications network

No mobile cellular network
No big tech company

Meshcore is a wireless radio system that utilises the Lora (long range radio) frequency and can be used in theatre even if there is no mobile phone network or Internet

You use a node which is a small handheld radio which you can directly type messages into or with paired via Bluetooth to a phone it allows you to use an app to type and send messages on

The app works off grid and also shows live GPS enabled locations of users

Small nodes such as the Seeed Studio Wio Tracker L1 Pro are around £45 and you can also set up repeater stations with diy home built repeaters or off the shelve repeaters such as the SenseCAP Solar Node P1-Pro

You can send private messages to users directly or send them to a private group

09/08/2026

Today the team was out and about supporting the 2026 Festival of transport in Victoria Park Bideford

05/07/2026

Today the team are attending the annual Bideford Soapbox derby

A brilliant local event that has grown year on year

Fire & first aid cover 🚒🚑

25/06/2026

Official updates
From UK Met Office · Last updated 3 days ago
The alert is in effect from 24 Jun, 00:00 BST.

For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
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25/06/2026

Official updates
From UK Met Office · Last updated 3 days ago
The alert is in effect from 24 Jun, 00:00 BST.
Information on update: The warning area has been expanded, particularly across northern England, south Wales and southwest England. Very hot weather will continue in general until at least Thursday across the highlighted region, although some variations from place to place and day by day are likely. Temperatures by day are widely expected to exceed 30 Celsius, with the hottest areas potentially peaking around 38-40 Celsius within the embedded red warning.

Overnight, temperatures are unlikely to fall much lower than high teens Celsius, and some places will not fall below low 20s Celsius. These high temperatures will also be accompanied by high humidity.

Cooler conditions may begin to become established from the west following this period, but confidence is low.

For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
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Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, wind, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm, lightning and extreme heat.

22/06/2026

Weather warnings ⚠️

This week we will experience significantly higher temperatures that can be fatal for pets especially dogs so walking them should on be done only at the very first opportunity in the morning or late at night

Come Tuesday and Wednesday the temperature can climb upto the 30s

Today Monday the temperature will climb to the high 20s and a potential for heavy rain and the possibility for localised thunder and lightning at around 16:00hrs

06/06/2026

With summer here and more people enjoying public spaces when the weather is on our side it's key to report anything that appears out of place or unusual for the environment it's within

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