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Electronic Letterhead / Restricted NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 23 December 2014 Your Ref: Our Ref: IM-FOI-2014-2510 Richard Gray E-mail: request-241932- [email protected] Sir Stephen House QPM Chief Constable FOI Central Processing Unit 173 Pitt Street Glasgow G2 4JS [email protected] Dear Mr Gray FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 SUBJECT: Weather incidents I refer to your email dated 29 November 2014 regarding the above which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). Please could you forward details of the severe weather that hit the UK on 5/12/13 & 27/10/13 including: *Major incident log and Bronze, silver, gold logs *Lessons learnt *De- brief and any other associated information regarding these incidents. Police Scotland was formally established on 1 April 2013 and is responsible for policing across the length and breadth of Scotland, some 28,168 square miles. At present not all recording systems have been amalgamated and information is currently held on disparate systems and in varying formats. In this instance to extract the requested information a search of recorded information was completed by the three Events Planning sections that cover Scotland and is provided below. scotland.police.uk @PoliceScotland PoliceScotland NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED In relation to 27/10/13 your request for information has now been considered and I can advise you that Police Scotland does not hold any of the information requested by you. In terms of Section 17 of the Act, this letter represents a formal notice that information is not held. By way of explanation, no weather warnings were issued by the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service for Scotland. With regards to 05/12/13, I can advise that no incidents were declared for the weather in the West. The information recorded for by the East and North is as follows: East In response to the weather alerts issues for 5th December, LRPs in Lothian and Borders and Forth valley stood up; The main issues anticipated were power outages and wind damage, danger from debris and the effects of tidal surges anticipated for the early morning. In mitigation there was multi-agency proactive work to address the risk from flooding including flood defence measures at the known risk areas along the entire north and side shores of the Forth Estuary, as far south as Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders. A pro-active media campaign was also implemented in Forth Valley area to provide advice and guidance to residents and businesses in the affected areas about safeguarding their property and possessions. Aside from the high volume but low level disruption caused by partial flooding of roads, fallen trees, branches and other debris which affected but did not close roads the main issues are reported below; The coastal surge, anticipated for the early morning did not materialise as expected though a small number of properties within the SEPA identified flood risk areas in Musselburgh and Eyemouth suffered minor flood damage. In Grangemouth, the main forecourt area at Ineos where fuel tankers load up was closed for 2 hours on health and safety grounds to clear standing water. The wind caused general travel disruption, damage and concern, in particular; • Edinburgh, a road which runs through The Meadows was closed after a person was trapped under a tree which had fallen • A tree fell on a car, trapping the driver, who was quickly rescued uninjured by SFRS • The Forth Road Bridge was closed primarily because a high sided vehicle ignored the vehicle specific road closure there and was toppled over. Whilst dealing with this Bridge Control recorded gusts of 90mph which would have meant an automatic full closure for safety reasons. Bridge Traffic was returning to normal by 1630hrs • On the A72 and B6364, school buses hit fallen trees but there were no injuries reported • Mayfield, Dalkeith a person was treated for minor cuts after the roof of a nearby garage was dislodged and struck his house • Edinburgh Airport reported a Local Stand-by" after an aircraft was struck by debris on the ground, whilst the airport was closed. The airport was re-opened by 1630 hrs. • Some 15000 properties across Southern Scotland suffered power losses throughout the day. 3,500 were off supply overnight, but re- connected by the following day. In anticipation of the projected icy conditions and the risk posed by already treated roads losing grit, etc washed away by the severe weather, re-gritting was planned and implemented ensuring that traffic routes were treated in priority The LRPs took part and reported fully to the Scottish Government Resilience Teleconferences ensuring that the operational response was supported and informed the tactical and strategic review of the impacts and multi-agency resource deployment Summary of Findings: TAYSIDE LRP Teleconference Update – 1000 hours Thursday 5 December 2013 Immediate Issues 20000 customers off service across wider area. Food welfare unit being sent to relevant areas. Action – PKC to discuss priority areas for welfare support with SSE direct. Friarton Bridge closure receiving ongoing attention – opening to low sided north bound shortly. Tay Road Bridge now open to cars only. PKC Endeavouring to keep schools open but some without power. Many roads closed and being worked on currently. Friarton Bridge remains an issue but hopeful to get north bound moving in next hour (low sided only). Transport update on PKC website for public consumption. School transport providers making an assessment and at least one school affected. Schools generally open and a number may close if power loss extends into afternoon. All council facilities operating. Care Homes to be assessed regarding longer term power outage. Local Community Resilience Coordinators in touch regarding outlying areas – nothing significant reported. Angus Mainly roads issues – trees down across area. Power outages in Arbroath. Nothing too significant and coping with conditions and assets on hand. No Care Home issues apparent at this time. Dundee No major issues. Structural engineers assisting with roof collapse – no injuries. Sandbags deployed to vulnerable areas to protect against high tide – SEPA not overly concerned about Tay but monitoring. Otherwise business as usual. SEPA Main area of concern is the Forth estuary. Flood warning only for Glen Lyon - situation improving. No issues regarding potential for tidal issues on the Tay at the moment. SAS Business as usual. SFRS Coping with calls and assets available – situation improving. SSE Updated figures being developed regarding potential for longer term power outages. Will have details at 1300 hours. Will liaise with PKC direct regarding supporting affected communities. Public Communications Do not travel message issued earlier for Tayside area. Considering amendment to travel messaging. Evening Telegraph has 6 pages on weather going out this evening. TV and Radio require police officer for camera/microphone Angus Council highlighting winter watch details on website – using Social Media extensively. PKC – same as Angus – school closures going out directly onto PKC website. Priorities/Actions Restore road network and Friarton Bridge especially. Maintain overview of power outages and progress towards restoration. Support communities/customers where required. Next 12 hours Next teleconference at 1300 hours today. AOB None declared. TAYSIDE LRP Teleconference Update – 1300 hours Thursday 5 December 2013 Immediate Issues Friarton Bridge and Perth traffic – Friarton open north bound – recovery ongoing – south bound open in 1 or 2 hours. Intention is to ensure any gridlock is cleared and rush hour traffic is unaffected. Traffic in Perth starting to ease at this time. ACTION – Public comms to be stepped up to provide motorists with information. Power Update – SSE and PKC have agreed priority locations and generators have been supplied. Schools at Abernyte, Dunning, Blackburn, Butterstone and Glendelvin all closed and not likely to be back on power today – children being looked after. PKC Require information about ongoing power repairs which will continue into tomorrow so that arrangements can be made for schools. Roads being cleared. Bus operators getting back to normal. Very limited building damage reported. Refuse services operating as normal. ACTION – SSE to advise PKC and Angus regarding areas likely to be affected by extended power loss. Angus Situation much the same – still roads affected but being cleared. 3 schools closed. Mostly tree damage in north Angus area. Glaxo in Montrose has had building damage and liaising with council for support. School transport plan invoked to ensure children remain safe and parents are involved. Dundee Nothing remarkable – precautions taken at Broughty Ferry regarding tidal issues. Barnhill school has some structural damage. Clear up ongoing. Improving situation. Tay Road Bridge open to everything but double deckers. Main issue was incorrect information from Traffic Scotland causing public confusion. To raise with Traffic Scotland direct. Situation on bridge improving. SEPA Flood warnings in Tayside mainly for agricultural areas. Tay at Glen Lyon has peaked and is falling. No concerns regarding Perth area and confirming no concerns regarding tidal/coastal issues in Tay estuary. 2 flood warnings currently but not concerning. SAS Nothing remarkable. SFRS Increase in calls but situation in hand and stable. SSE Power still off and customers affected - Pitlochry 1100 (expect back on 1700 hours) Callander 5000 (Food wagon en route) Forteviot/Dunning (expect back on 1400 hrs) Strathleven/Caputh 600 Lochearnhead/Tyndrum 500 still without power. ACTION – Police to increase visibility in areas of highest population as darkness falls – Pitlochry to be prioritised. ACTION – SSE to publicise details of food van provision. NHS Pitlochry Hospital and Balhousie Care Home both without power. ACTION – NHS to review medium term and overnight arrangements. ACTION – SSE to consider installing generators to power up vulnerable premises in Pitlochry. Elderly in Pitlochry being supported by NHS staff at hospital. Public Communications Angus using social media extensively.
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