Black-out training is voted a success

in the black-out.

Emergency services traffic had passed through the town without mishap and there were no casualties among pedestrians.

Simulated in the Stirling and Clackmannan joint authority area during the exercise was the discharge of about 20 tons of high explosive bombs, plus 25 cluster releases of small incendiary bombs and five discharges of gas bombs.

Black-out exercises also took place in rural villages including Gargunnock and Buchlyvie.

In Gargunnock special constables had to deal with 12 simulated incidents involving casualties.

According to the village’s correspondent, the average time that elapsed between the arrival of news about the casualty and first aid being administered was 27 minutes.

That was thought to be a good outcome given that the incident had to be reported by a warden, a team, equipped with splints and bandages, dispatched to the scene, and the casualty taken by ambulance to the first aid post.

Buchlyvie was also said to have successfully coped during the blackout, with all lights being put out and vehicles using only half lights.

Wardens had been quick on the scene when a `bomb exploded in the village’. Villagers were congratulated for following instructions.