Successful multi-agency training exercise in Scarborough
It was held at North Yorkshire Water Park earlier this week
A successful multi-agency training exercise has been held in Scarborough.
It took place earlier this week at North Yorkshire Water Park with attendance from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, North Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, His Majesty’s Coastguard, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, police search advisors, the regional police marine unit, Mountain Rescue and The Royal Air Force. Staff at the waterpark also got involved.
Two scenarios were played out during the day.
The first was to test the initial response to a call after a small group of people had gone missing during the Water Park’s opening hours. The initial response was led by the water park staff and police before other agencies got involved.
A second scenario involved a significant number of people accessing the park after it had closed. The group engaged in anti-social behaviour involving drug and alcohol use resulting in multiple missing persons and a range of injuries. This scenario tested a multi-agency response including under water searches and body recovery.
Both scenarios involved live 'casualties' and all agencies performed very well with constructive de-briefs.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: " Training like this better equips us for an incident of this nature and tests each agencies approach. They make us more knowledgeable of each other’s role and strengthens relationships between different organisations."