Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team
North Ayrshire Council · 5 December 2025
Back to Ayrshire Shared Services Committee — 5 December 2025 and its agenda
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1 South Ayrshire Council Report by the Chief Governance Officer to Ayrshire Shared Services Joint Committee of 5 December 2025 Subject: Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team 1. Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this report is to advise the Joint Committee on progress made against the current Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team (ACCT) Service Plan for 2025/2026 (Appendix 1) and to provide an overview of their work to date and to provide a revised Service Plan for 2026/2027 (Appendix 2). 2. Recommendation It is recommended that the Joint Committee: 2.1 Approve the progress made against the work plan for 2025/2026 and accept the new Service Plan for the following years. Highlights are summarised in the following paragraphs and outlined in greater detail at Appendix 1. 3. Background 3.1 The ACCT has provided civil contingencies services on behalf of the three Ayrshire Councils since it was established in 2008. 3.2 The Team has a responsibility to ensure the provision of the following key requirements on behalf of the North, South and East Ayrshire Councils; • Operation of an on-call service to provide 24/7 response for Civil Emergencies as the Duty Officer(s) on behalf of any of the affected Councils. • Preparation of a consistent Civil Contingencies Response and Recovery Plan for approval and implementation by each of the 3 Councils. • Maintenance of an accurate and up to date Emergency Contact Directory for each of the 3 Councils. • Development and delivery of training programmes to ensure key staff within each Council know and understand their emergency roles and are prepared to respond to major incidents and civil emergencies. • Preparation and maintenance of Contingency Plans for specific sites, which are also tested on a multi-agency basis at 3 yearly intervals. • Maintenance of a range of plans to cover the response to emergencies of non- site specific risk.
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2 3.3 This work is routinely monitored and evaluated by a Steering Group comprising the Head of Service from each Council with the responsibility for Civil Contingencies. 4. Progress against our Service Plan. 4.1 The team have a complement of 3.5 staff but have been running with vacancies since 2022 and are currently operating with one Coordinator post and one officer post. The vacant full-time officer post is currently being advertised (the previous incumbent having resigned following a period of long term sickness) and the remaining 0.5 post is vacant due to the postholder being on secondment. This has had some impact on what we have managed to achieve and a significant impact on the on-call rota. 4.2 There has been continued focus in 2025 on internal training for those who will be required to assume the roles of Council Incident Officers and Council Incident Coordinators in the event of a major incident within any of the 3 Council areas. Two sessions have been carried out but athree will be run again in 2026. There has also been some Care for People training and the team are now focussing on the Family and Friends Reception Centre and Survivor Reception Centre training where It has has delivered two introductory sessions over teams and are doing a paperwork session in November and January. A representative from Scotrail is also attending to provide an overview of Scotrail’s role in the Stonehaven rail crash in 2020. 4.3 Whilst the ‘lunchtime learning’ initiative continues there have not been any sessions for 2025. These sessions include short, focused sessions for relevant Officers covering an overview of a recent incident by the multi-agency officers involved; the issues which arose and how these were resolved through the incident debrief. 4.4 The Civil Contingencies Plans (and associated Local Incident Room plans) have been completed and issued for each council. 4.5 The Cumbrae Annex to the Civil Contingencies Plan is being reviewed in conjunction with the Cumbrae Fail to Sail plan and we hope that this will be completed by early 2026. An early review of the Arran document has also been requested and this will be done in Spring 2026. The Care for People Arran Annex is almost complete following a request to delay issue from NHS Ayrshire and Arran. 4.6 A draft version of the Pandemic response plan for North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire Councils has been issued. There is still some work required on these plans which will be done in 2026 through meetings with individual services. South Ayrshire plan was previously issued. 4.7 The review of the Emergency Contact Directories for the 3 Councils is currently being undertaken and these will be issued in mid-December. These documents contain the contact details for all personnel who may need to be contacted in an emergency and can also be used as part of Business Continuity plans if required. 4.8 The work to prepare for a Power Resilience emergency continues within the 3 Local Authorities and all Council services are required to consider and plan for alternative models of service delivery during this type of incident. Starlink has now been purchased for the three councils (utilising the savings from the vacant 0.5 post in ACCT) and the installation, etc is being led by East Ayrshire Council.
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3 4.9 The 3 yearly review of a number of External Plans continues. This is the busiest year for the team as we have no control when the exercises require to take place as this is led by legislation. The live play at Chemring (Stevenston) was completed in September and the table top exercise at Defence Munitions in Beith took place in November. Both of these have had their debriefs and the evaluation forms highlighted that they were very well received. One new element which was added for the DM Beith exercise was having a STAC (Scientific, Technical Advice Cell) in advance of the exercise but using the agreed scenario. It was agreed at the debrief that this had worked particularly well and will be replicated for future exercises (if relevant). Exercise planning for the DSM site in Dalry has now also commenced with the exercise taking place in April 2026. 4.10 Following the changes to the Hunterston B site, there is no longer a requirement under the legislation to carry out an exercise, however, to assist with informing the community and the multi-agency partners, a table top exercise will take place in May 2026. 4.11 The team had significant involvement in the Council and multi agency preparation for the Ayrshow in September and a member of the team was present in the multi- agency coordination centre over the two days. ACCT also led in the development of a workshop for organisers of Fireworks events (at the request of Police Scotland) which whilst well received was poorly attended. This workshop will be repeated next year but will take place in the evening to encourage additional attendees.. A similar workshop is being planned in the spring for organisers of fetes and galas and another one will be arranged later in 2026 for those who organise Christmas Lights Switch On events. 4.12 The ACCT has assisted in coordinating the response to 14 incidents across the Ayrshire area since January 2025. These included 4 fires; 4 relating to utilities; 2 weather incidents (including the huge response to the red weather warning in January); one Avian Flu and one Oil leak at Irvine Harbour as well as being involved in the response to the US President visit and the issues arising from it. 4.13 It is proposed that the Joint Committee notes and approves the work to date which is also reflected in the ACCT Service Plan at Appendix 1 and also approves the workplan for April 2026 to March 2027 at Appendix 2. 5. Legal and Procurement Implications 5.1 The recommendations in this report are consistent with legal requirements. 5.2 There are no procurement implications arising from this report. 6. Financial Implications 6.1 Not applicable. 7. Human Resources Implications 7.1 Not applicable. 8. Risk 8.1 Risk Implications of Adopting the Recommendations
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4 8.1.1 There are no risks associated with adopting the recommendations. 8.2 Risk Implications of Rejecting the Recommendations 8.2.1 Rejecting the recommendations may give rise to external criticism, breach of statute or legal challenge. 9. Equalities 9.1 The proposals in this report allow scrutiny of performance. The report does not involve proposals for policies, strategies, procedures, processes, financial decisions and activities (including service delivery), both new and at review, that affect the Council’s communities and employees, therefore an equality impact assessment is not required. Any specific island issues are considered in the report. 10. Sustainable Development Implications 10.1 Considering Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - This report does not propose or seek approval for a plan, policy, programme or strategy or document otherwise described which could be considered to constitute a plan, programme, policy or strategy. 11. Options Appraisal 11.1 An options appraisal has not been carried out in relation to the subject matter of this report. 12. Link to Council Plan 12.1 The matters referred to in this report contribute to the delivery of all Council strategic objectives. 13. Results of Consultation 13.1 There has been no public consultation on the contents of this report. Person to Contact Lesley Jeffery – Civil Contingencies Coordinator, ACCT. Catriona Caves – Head of Service - South Ayrshire Council. River Terrace, Ayr Phone 01292 616289 E-mail: Lesley.jeffery@south-ayrshire.gov.uk or carol.boyd@south- ayrshire.gov.uk Date: 13 November 2025
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5 APPENDIX 1 Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team - Work Plan for April 2025 to March 2026 (Updated) The following tables outline key contingencies plans, training and exercises for the Civil Contingencies Team. It includes work activity ongoing or completed within 2025 and further actions for 2026-2027. The ACCT is either leading on these or providing support to other agencies on their development. It also includes reference to Civil Contingencies sub-groups which may be contributed to by ACCT. Internal Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT Target Date for next review Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery - SAC (Review) S March 2025 Issued September Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery – NAC (Review) N March 2025 Issued September Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery – EAC (Review) E March 2025 Issued September Local Incident Room Guidelines – SAC (Exercise) S Ongoing Issued September Major Accident Hazard Gas Pipelines - Ayrshire Plan (Review and Exercise) N S E December 2023 (D) No progress Care for People – Emergency Support Centres Guidelines (Review & Exercise) N S E Ongoing Issued August Black Start and Power Resilience Recovery (Councils) N S E ongoing Emergency Contact Directories (biannual updates June and December) N S E June 2025 For December issue Pandemic Influenza Plan N S E June 2025 Issued October Incident Management Training – 3 sessions per year December 2025 Only managed two Note: • South Ayrshire Pandemic Influenza plan is complete and has been shared with BC colleagues in North and East for their view and a draft plan has been issued for both • Incident Management Training has been arranged for all three councils for 3 sessions each in 2025 however the last session was cancelled. Internal Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT – completed for 24/25 Mobile Telephone Privileged Access System (MTPAS) N S E December 2025 eLearning package for Community Support Centres / Care for People Awareness N S E December 2025 Delayed eLearning package for Civil Contingencies Awareness N S E December 2025 Delayed eLearning Civil Contingencies package for Elected Members (Develop) N S E December 2025 Delayed Former Station Hotel, Ayr - Major Incident Response Guide (MAIRG) S June 2025 To be deleted Fuel Disruption Plan - Fleet Management N S E December 2025 Delayed Local Incident Room Guidelines - SAC S (and review of East Ayrshire) June 2025 Issued Shoreline Response Plan (Develop) N S Tbc Complete The above Plans / Training will be reviewed again prior to financial year end 2025/26. Target dates are provided in December 2024 via the Ayrshire Shared Service Panel report. Any additional work activity identified will also be included within the report. External Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT Target Date for completion Defence Munitions Beith External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N 2026 On schedule Hunterston B Offsite Contingency Plan (Review and Exercise) N (revised plan requested by Office for Nuclear Regulation) Reviewed January 2025 May 2026 Hunterston B Offsite Contingency Plan (Redacted Version) N (revised plan requested by Office for Nuclear Regulation) Completed February 2024 New plan: May 26 DSM (Dutch State Mining) Nutritional Products Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N August 2026 On schedule Chivas Brothers – Balgray and Willowyard (Review & Exercise) N March 2027 Chemring, Stevenston External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N November 2025
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6 Complete Spaceport COMAH Plan (prepared in conjunction with identified partner) S On hold To be deleted Wm Grants External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) S November 2027 Avian Flu Carcass Disposal Plan December 2025 Delayed Arran Fail to Sail Plan (N) April 2025 Complete Arran Care for People Response (N) April 2025 Almost Complete Cumbrae Fail to Sail Plan (N) Complete Review 2027 Hunterston B Flask Removal Plan (N) Complete Multi Agency Response Guide for Grissan, Girvan (S) Complete Review 2027 Care for People Review (All) March 2025 Complete Learning from Incidents Training sessions (new initiative for 2023) (All) Ongoing Community Events Tabletop Exercise (All) (NEW) May 2025 Delayed to 2026 Community Fireworks Tabletop Exercise (All) (NEW) August 2025 Complete Note: External Plans / Training and Exercises - Working with Multi Agency Partners Lead Target Date for completion Hunterston B – Training and Exercising Programme N EDF Ongoing Black Start and Power Resilience Recovery (Multi Agency) MA ALRP Ongoing Radiation Monitoring Unit Arrangements N (delayed – awaiting SG decisions) ALRP TBC WoSRRP Mass Fatalities Arrangements - (Review and Exercise) MA WoSRRP TBC by WoSRRP Marine Pollution Response Plan - Girvan Harbour (Biannual Notification Exercise, Review Plan & Table Top Ex Carrick) S MA ARA ongoing Animal Health MAIRGs (Review) MA EH&TS Complete Glasgow Prestwick Airport Multi Agency Contingency Plan S MA GPA Complete Review October 2027 Ayrshire Safer Shores Initiative Response Arrangements N S MA Police May 2025 Review for 2026 ALRP Disruptive Weather Response Arrangements MA ALRP Complete Issued October 2025 Kilmarnock Football Club E MA Exercise is taking place on 7 March 2025 with Ayr United FC KFC October 2027 Kilmarnock Prison E MA Scottish Prison Service TBC Develop ALRP Generic Response Guide (for Initial Response) ACCT March 25 Delayed Develop ALRP Response Guide / Plan to Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS) Facilities ACCT / SFRS March 25 Delayed Participate in development of ALRP Response Guide to Foxgrove facility NHS December 2024 ongoing Port Health Plan NEW NHS / SAC December 2025 N/A Note: • Further discussions will take place on the required changes for Hunterston B as it moves out of REPPIR legislation in early 2025. Supported Tasks - Participation at Sub Groups Lead Agency Update Community and Business Resilience Sub Group (developing and sharing best practice) MA WoSRRP Ongoing Training, Exercising and Learning Sub Group (developing and sharing best practice) MA WoSRRP Ongoing Warning and Informing the Public – Media Plans, Websites MA Councils Ongoing Ukraine Tactical ALRP Sub Group MA Councils Ongoing DELETED ALRP Power Resilience MA Councils Ongoing Provide Secretariat to Ayrshire Local Resilience Partnership (ALRP) MA ACCT Ongoing Community Resilience (provide advice and support to local community councils and resilience groups – ad hoc) MA ACCT Ongoing
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7 Colour coded abbreviations Work undertaken on behalf of North Ayrshire N Work undertaken on behalf of South Ayrshire S Work undertaken on behalf of East Ayrshire E Work undertaken on behalf of ALRP or other agencies MA (Multi Agency) Lesley Jeffery ACCT Coordinator 13 November 2025
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8 APPENDIX 2 Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team – Service Plan (2026/27)
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9 Introduction 1.1 The Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Service Plan covers the period 2026/2027 and sets out what we intend to achieve over the next year based on the resources available to us. 1.2 Effective Contingency Planning is crucial to the achievement of the combined objectives of North, South and East Ayrshire Councils and the success of the strategic operation and delivery of all Council Services. The Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team (ACCT) is responsible for developing and delivering a work plan that ensures compliance in respect of statutory obligations and endeavours to support all Council services embed robust contingency planning arrangements. The team will support the 3 Councils and relevant multi-agency partners to ensure that response and recovery in the event of adverse incidents is efficient and carefully planned. 1.3 Actions have been formulated and form the basis of the ACCT Work Plan. This is reported on and scrutinised quarterly by the Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Steering Group comprising of the Head of Service from each Council with the responsibility for Civil Contingencies. The 3 Ayrshire Council Shared Service Joint Committee has a remit to approve the plan and/or progress made on a 6 monthly basis. We have agreed challenging targets for the team in order to continuously improve the way we work and to take account of the statutory obligations imposed on all 3 Councils as Category 1 responders in line with Civil Contingencies legislation. 1.4 By planning and monitoring our progress for 2026-2027 we aim not only to contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the 3 Ayrshire Councils but also support our colleagues within Health and Social Care, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, the Emergency Services and a wide range of multi- agency responders. These partners form the core membership of the Ayrshire Local Resilience Partnership (ALRP). 2 Profile 2.1 The Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team has a responsibility to ensure the provision of the following key requirements on behalf of the 3 Councils; • Operation of an on-call service to provide 24/7 response for Civil Emergencies as the Duty Officer(s) on behalf of any of the affected Councils. • Preparation of a consistent Civil Contingencies Response and Recovery Plan for approval and implementation by each of the 3 Councils. • Maintenance of an accurate and up to date Emergency Contact Directory for each of the 3 Councils. • Development and delivery of training programmes to ensure key staff within each Council know and understand their emergency roles and are prepared to respond to major incidents and civil emergencies. • Preparation and maintenance of Contingency Plans for specific sites, which are also tested on a multi-agency basis at 3 yearly intervals. • Maintenance of a range of plans to cover the response to emergencies of non-site specific risk. 2.2 To date the service is working within an overall net revenue budget for the team of £203,553 (2025-2026). It is delivered utilising a workforce of 3.5 FTE, however long-term absence has been impacting staffing provision since August 2022. Please note that the team is currently running with one Coordinator and one officer (we have one vacancy currently being advertised and one 0.5 officer post vacant due to secondment) – this reduction in staff means that costs for 2025 / 2026 are expected to be around £165,000 and this also includes the purchase costs of the Starlink system for each of the councils which was purchased through staff savings in the team. 3 How are we doing? 3.1 Demanding performance targets are set through the Performance Development and Review (PDR) process. This helps us embed a culture of improvement within the team and aims to
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10 ensure the achievement of outcomes within the Service Plan. These are further articulated through team meetings where assigned activities are monitored and assessed. Prioritising workloads and establishing clear deadlines are key features on the allocation of tasks. 3.2 The Team’s performance is tracked and measured using the South Ayrshire Council Performance Management System approach, and new initiatives progressed as the contingencies planning landscape evolves. The team is actively supported and encouraged to consider opportunities to introduce new and innovative ways of working. 3.3 There has been an investment in training for the team and officers have the opportunity to attend external events and participate in a range of external or multi-agency forums which help ensure knowledge of best practice in Civil Contingencies. We hope this will continue. 3.4 Areas identified for improvement are being taken forward and these include more regular refresher training opportunities for key Council managers and the further development of online e-Learning training in Civil Contingencies to extend the reach and breadth of core skills across a wider range of participants within North, South and East Ayrshire Councils. Unfortunately, whilst we have made progress on the training of key Council managers, we have not managed to update our e-learning packages. 4. The challenges we face 4.1 These are outlined as follows: - • External An increase in adverse and concurrent incidents, emergency or weather events stretch existing resources in terms of ensuring that Civil Contingencies responses are well planned and tested. Additional high-profile events, which rely on Council support also place considerable pressure on available time and expertise. Legislative change or amendment to government policy will also impact workloads. • Internal Conflicting priorities and resourcing pressures across a number of service areas can expose gaps in terms of demonstrating a fully corporate approach to the implementation of well embedded Contingency Planning. There can often be challenges in terms of persuading services of the business benefits in preparing and testing contingency plans. The reduced staffing levels have had a significant impact on our ability to deliver “nice to do” pieces of work, however we have strived to deliver statutory and that which is considered important in the current landscape, eg, Events workshops and further training sessions. 5. Detailed Service Plan 5.1 The strategic outcomes for all 3 Councils are underpinned by having robust processes for risk management and resilience. How we intend to contribute to the successful achievement of the 3 Ayrshires’ objectives is set out in the detail in the ACCT Service Plan on the following pages. 6. Governance 6.1 The progress made by the ACCT is analysed on a quarterly basis by the 3 Council Civil Contingencies Steering Group. The Service Plan will be developed on an annual basis and subject to approval and scrutiny by the Shared Service Joint Committee. Plans, Procedures and Guidelines It is important to note that by its very nature Civil Contingencies work activity is often reactive and the team endeavour to respond to events and circumstances as they arise. The Councils’ Civil Contingencies Response and Recovery Plans are deliberately generic and provide a framework which allows for speedy response to emergencies as they arise. The Service Plan will therefore be regularly updated as and when required.
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11 Copies of the ACCT and other resilience documents are hosted on each Council’s Resilience Direct page and on their shared drive system - access is limited to those who have a key role responding to an emergency - the links are noted below. South Ayrshire - ACCT on Sharepoint East Ayrshire - ACCT on Shared Drive North Ayrshire - on Resilience Direct Update Prepared – 13 November 2025
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12 Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team - Work Plan for April 2026 to March 2027 The following tables outline key contingencies plans, training and exercises for the Civil Contingencies Team. It includes work activity ongoing or completed within 2024 and further actions for 2025-2026. The ACCT is either leading on these or providing support to other agencies on their development. It also includes reference to Civil Contingencies sub-groups which may be contributed to by ACCT. Internal Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT Target Date for next review Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery - SAC (Review) S September 2028 Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery – NAC (Review) N September 2028 Civil Contingencies Response & Recovery – EAC (Review) E September 2028 Local Incident Room Guidelines – SAC (Exercise) S September 2028 Major Accident Hazard Gas Pipelines - Ayrshire Plan (Review and Exercise) N S E December 2026 (D) Care for People – Emergency Support Centres Guidelines (Review & Exercise) N S E Ongoing Black Start and Power Resilience Recovery (Councils) N S E ongoing Emergency Contact Directories (biannual updates June and December) N S E June 2026 Pandemic Influenza Plan N S E October 2028 Incident Management Training – 3 sessions per year December 2026 Note: • Care for People is annotated as ongoing however, the plans were issued in August 2028 but there is considerable training done each year on this. Internal Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT – completed for 26/27 Mobile Telephone Privileged Access System (MTPAS) N S E December 2025 eLearning package for Community Support Centres / Care for People Awareness N S E December 2026 eLearning package for Civil Contingencies Awareness N S E December 2026 eLearning Civil Contingencies package for Elected Members (Develop) N S E December 2026 Fuel Disruption Plan - Fleet Management N S E December 2026 Shoreline Response Plan (Develop) N S tbc The above Plans / Training will be reviewed again prior to financial year end 2026/27. Target dates are provided in December 2025 via the Ayrshire Shared Service Panel report. Any additional work activity identified will also be included within the report. External Plans / Training and Exercises led by ACCT Target Date for completion Defence Munitions Beith External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N 2026 Hunterston B Offsite Contingency Plan (Review and Exercise) N (revised plan requested by Office for Nuclear Regulation) May 2026 Hunterston B Offsite Contingency Plan (Redacted Version) N (revised plan requested by Office for Nuclear Regulation) May 2026 DSM (Dutch State Mining) Nutritional Products Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N August 2026 Chivas Brothers – Balgray and Willowyard (Review & Exercise) N March 2027 Chemring, Stevenston External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) N November 2028 Wm Grants External Contingency Plan (Review & Exercise) S November 2027 Avian Flu Carcass Disposal Plan April 2026 Arran Fail to Sail Plan (N) August 2026 Arran Care for People Response (N) August 2028 Cumbrae Fail to Sail Plan (N) Review 2027 Hunterston B Flask Removal Plan (N) Complete Multi Agency Response Guide for Grissan, Girvan (S) Review 2027 Care for People Review (All) August 2028 Learning from Incidents Training sessions (new initiative for 2023) (All) Ongoing Community Events Tabletop Exercise (All) (NEW) Annually Community Fireworks Tabletop Exercise (All) Annually Community Christmas Lights Tabletop Exercise (All) (NEW) Annually Note: • Further issues have come to light regarding Arran Fail to Sail and it will be reviewed again in 2026. • Similar issues for Cumbrae and a request for review from the Ferry Users Group in 2026 • Community Workshops will take place annually in future at least for a few years to increase attendance and knowledge of the event External Plans / Training and Exercises - Working with Multi Agency Partners Lead Target Date for completion Hunterston B – Training and Exercising Programme N EDF May 2026 and finish Black Start and Power Resilience Recovery (Multi Agency) MA ALRP Ongoing
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13 Radiation Monitoring Unit Arrangements N (delayed – awaiting SG decisions) ALRP TBC WoSRRP Mass Fatalities Arrangements - (Review and Exercise) MA WoSRRP TBC by WoSRRP Marine Pollution Response Plan - Girvan Harbour (Biannual Notification Exercise, Review Plan & Table Top Ex Carrick) S MA ARA ongoing Animal Health MAIRGs (Review) MA EH&TS Review 2026 (delayed) Glasgow Prestwick Airport Multi Agency Contingency Plan S MA GPA Complete Review October 2027 Ayrshire Safer Shores Initiative Response Arrangements N S MA Police May 2026 ALRP Disruptive Weather Response Arrangements MA ALRP September 2026 Kilmarnock Football Club E MA Exercise is taking place on 7 March 2025 with Ayr United FC KFC October 2027 Kilmarnock Prison E MA Scottish Prison Service TBC Develop ALRP Generic Response Guide (for Initial Response) ACCT Complete but awaiting stress test Develop ALRP Response Guide / Plan to Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS) Facilities ACCT / SFRS Delayed Participate in development of ALRP Response Guide to Foxgrove facility NHS ongoing Port Health Plan NEW NHS / SAC N/A – remaining with Prestwick Airport Note: • Further discussions have taken place on the required changes for Hunterston B as it moves out of REPPIR legislation in early 2025 and an exercise is planned for May 2026. • The generic response plan was completed in April and issued to partners but it has not yet been stress tested so has not been completely issued. • The Port Health plan was going to be moved into the Ayrshire LRP for updating but Prestwick Airport are continuing to update this plan. Supported Tasks - Participation at Sub Groups Lead Agency Update Community and Business Resilience Sub Group (developing and sharing best practice) MA WoSRRP Ongoing Training, Exercising and Learning Sub Group (developing and sharing best practice) MA WoSRRP Ongoing Warning and Informing the Public – Media Plans, Websites MA Councils Ongoing ALRP Power Resilience MA Councils Ongoing Provide Secretariat to Ayrshire Local Resilience Partnership (ALRP) MA ACCT Ongoing Community Resilience (provide advice and support to local community councils and resilience groups – ad hoc) MA ACCT Ongoing • ACCT have been attending some HSCP community groups to provide a talk on community resilience. This is available to any communities who have an interest in developing their own personal and community resilience. • ACCT also working with Ballantrae community to build on the work they did to support their own community during Storm Eowyn in January 2025. Colour coded abbreviations Work undertaken on behalf of North Ayrshire N Work undertaken on behalf of South Ayrshire S Work undertaken on behalf of East Ayrshire E Work undertaken on behalf of ALRP or other agencies MA (Multi Agency) Lesley Jeffery ACCT Coordinator 13 November 2025