[posted on Facebook by Graeme Ferguson (Chair, Strathdearn Community Developments Co.)]
Following last year’s Dava moor fire the SCD Board engaged (local) specialist consultants to advise and produce emergency planning advice and documentation.
The main drive for this was that if the wind had been from a different direction then we would have been in the path of the fire. The process highlighted that both in the Board and wider Strathdearn we have numerous people with knowledge and experience of both emergency planning and major incident command. Last but very much not least we also have local experts with extensive experience of fighting this type of fire.
SCD still have work to do to further develop our plans and procedures but it is something that is being worked on.
[The following was added by Maureen Macdonald-Cooke, SCD Consultant)]
A good start was made on the plan.
The next stage would be the wider community & all of the community bodies within Strathdearn to collaborate with neighbouring communities which border. This would strengthen the resilience & establish agreed protocols.
We achieve more together.
The Strathdearn area is very fortunate to have such skilled & experienced people within its community to feed into this process.
