Lothians Raynet on Exercise - Real

Lothians Raynet on Exercise
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Oil pollution Exercise - October 2002 Some times we get involved with other, non-sports activities, such as providing communications during Emergency Exercises. Exercise Black Knight - a simulation of a major oil spill in the Firth of Forth - took place over a 2-day period in October 2002. Lothians RAYNET provided 2-way radio comms between the Shoreline Response Centre located at the Edinburgh City Chambers and the incident area on Portobello Beach where the oil was expected to come ashore.

Oil containment booms being hauled out to sea					Oil skimming in progress

					Here is John - GM4XZN operating from his car on the Portobello foreshore providing a 2-way radio link back to Edinburgh City Chambers.

Over the years we have taken part in many training exercises organised by our Council Emergency Planning Officers in The Lothians and in Edinburgh. These include full a scale mock disaster involving several hundred casualities after a simulated collision in the Firth of Forth between a passenger ferry and another vessel as well as several simulated train crashes and other such "disaster scenarios" organised by our local Emergency Planning Officers - CEPO's. Several of our members, many of which are still active with Lothians Raynet, also assisted during the disaster at Lockerbie. Thankfully, such real events are few and far between.




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