Harbour Exercise
25 March 2025
Ambulance crews have taken part in a multi-agency major incident exercise at Guernsey harbour.
The scenario which involved a car fire in the ferry compound with reports of multiple casualties, was designed to test the response of the emergency services, contingency plans and resilience.
Commanders followed the principles of joint working by co-locating, communicating effectively, co-ordinating priorities and resources, sharing a joint understanding of risk and situational awareness.
John Atkins, Head of Resilience and Education said: “Exercises such as this enable us to test and validate our emergency plans, and give both our commanders and clinicians valuable practice at performing their duties in a major incident scenario. The exercise went very well, with all key learning objectives met for SJARS. Our new triage system worked well and our commanders were able to employ the latest joint emergency services interoperability principles very effectively – working collaboratively with colleagues from the Police, Fire & Rescue Service, Civil Protection and Guernsey Ports.”
Ambulance crews have to be prepared for a wide range of situations, so our teams regularly train with colleagues from the other emergency services and undertaken a combination of classroom based and practical scenario based major incident training to test resilience and response plans.
