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WQ.254/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
BY DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 24th MAY 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 1st JUNE 2021
Question
Will the Minister advise –
- what arrangements are in place for reporting emergency situations arising at the Town Park, such as the presence of dangerous equipment or a person being locked in facilities on the site;
- whether there is an out-of-hours emergency number available;
- who has overall responsibility for care and maintenance of the Park; and
- whether these arrangements are common to all public parks?
Answer
- The department's response to an incident which occurs in a park administered by the Infrastructure Department is coordinated by the Infrastructure Housing and Environment Department Reception. Signs at the entrances to all parks administered by the Infrastructure Department display the telephone number for the Infrastructure Housing and Environment Department Reception.
- If an incident occurs outside of normal business hours the caller is instructed to press 1' and the call is forwarded to the out-of-hours emergency service.
- The Infrastructure Department manages Howard Davis Park, the Millennium Town Park, Coronation Park and the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Park via its Parks and Gardens and Cleaning Services' department. All other public parks in town are the responsibility of the Parish of St Helier.
- The arrangements outlined in part (a) and (b) are common to the parks listed in part (c). I cannot comment on the arrangements in the public parks managed by the Parish of St Helier.