Severe weather
Ref: 457 A 6 January
Severe weather highly likely.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning.
We forecast the likelihood services will be impacted in your vicinity to be:
High
The severity of bad weather is less predictable than in previous years. Therefore, you should expect disruption to services in your area.
Weather has the potential to disrupt a number of services and there’s a strong correlation between severe weather warnings incidents such as building damage and power outage.
Possible disruption
Roads
Trains
Water
Power
Facility
Previous similar weather conditions 13 December
Roofing damage, Indigo building
Train delays of 13 minutes owing to speed restrictions
Notification
Workflow
Battery energy storage system
Perimeter formation
Perimeter formation allows for a safe zone around areas that present a possible hazard.
BESS use lithium ion batteries that are potentially hazardous and combustible. By forming a perimeter you reduce the likely impact of any hazard.
Workflow
Building fabric check
Incomplete
Before and after severe weather a building fabric check is recommended.
A notification will be issued once the fabric check has been performed, along with any remedial actions.
