Post by L Roebuck on Jan 14, 2009 9:09:00 GMT -5
Cavern 'disaster'
THE most famous Stone Age monument in Britain was transformed into a disaster zone yesterday as 100 emergency services personnel took part in a major cave collapse exercise.
Police, firefighters and Devon Cave Rescue Organisation volunteers had to 'rescue' 14 people including the dead, injured and walking wounded in a staged underground catastrophe at Kents Cavern.
Code-named Exercise Bedrock, the mock-up was carried out to test the contingency plans of the emergency services in case of a major incident at underground locations across Devon and Cornwall such as caves, mines and industrial sites.
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THE most famous Stone Age monument in Britain was transformed into a disaster zone yesterday as 100 emergency services personnel took part in a major cave collapse exercise.
Police, firefighters and Devon Cave Rescue Organisation volunteers had to 'rescue' 14 people including the dead, injured and walking wounded in a staged underground catastrophe at Kents Cavern.
Code-named Exercise Bedrock, the mock-up was carried out to test the contingency plans of the emergency services in case of a major incident at underground locations across Devon and Cornwall such as caves, mines and industrial sites.
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