Fire and Rescue Services: Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport

(asked on 21st September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has held with Ministry of Defence colleagues on the adequacy of contingency planning arrangements in relation to the response of all relevant fire and rescue agencies to maximum credible safety critical incidents at the (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport naval bases.


Answered by
Alister Jack Portrait
Alister Jack
Secretary of State for Scotland
This question was answered on 18th October 2021

The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Ministry of Defence work closely on defence policy in relation to Scotland.

Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, in conjunction with external authorities, routinely conduct practical Emergency Arrangements exercises which cover maximum credible incidents and meet statutory and regulatory requirements, at both Faslane and Coulport. Over the last 12 months, exercises have included nine independently controlled and assessed fire exercises, involving vessel crews and on-site Fire and Rescue Services.

There have been structured tabletop exercises and four successful practical demonstrations of the revised on-site Fire and Rescue crews’ response in November 2020, to the satisfaction of the MOD specialist authority. In August 2021, a practical Naval Base fire and rescue exercise was conducted jointly with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

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