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Final stage of Arwen report outlines lessons learned to avoid winter repeat

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The final stage of a report into the Storm Arwen response has outlined the plans put in place to avoid a repeat this winter.The region was left battered by the impact of the storm when it blew through Stirling almost a year ago - with hundreds of homes being left in the dark as power was knocked out for several days.A survey from Stirling’s MSP commissioned a few months after the storm revealed that more than a quarter of the 100 local respondents were left in the dark for four days - and 32 per cent felt unprepared for a major weather event.The aftermath of the storm led to criticism from locals about the response provided, with a probe from the energy regulator Ofgem making a series of recommendations to ensure the same disruption did not happen again in similar conditions.A review of the response was also commissioned by the Scottish Government identifying 15 areas of improvement, with the final of three publications being issued last week outlining the preparations being made as winter approaches again.They include a full winter readiness exercise carried out by first responders, with the scenarios for these exercises reflecting key challenges seen in Arwen - such as requesting of mutual aid, communications with the public and identification and care for vulnerable people.Among the actors taking part in these exercises will be blue-light services, local authorities, utilities companies, transport operators and the Met Office, as well as key others.A new online learning and training hub to help individuals, community groups and voluntary organisations to prepare and respond to emergencies has also been established.The report also confirms the development of a new process to monitor and evaluate Scotland’s resilience

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