The weekend meeting saw more than 100 people from government, emergency, law and military services taking part. (0680088)

GUERNSEY’S government is preparing for a worst-case scenario.

An emergency-planning exercise was held at the Peninsula Hotel at the weekend in order to develop and build existing emergency-response plans if there were a major incident in Guernsey.

Exercise Flying Kestrel involved more than 100 people, including Chief Minister Lyndon Trott and the Policy Council, the UK’s Cabinet Office and military, emergency services, the armed forces, utilities, voluntary groups and other key agencies.

Paul Whitfield, Home chief officer, said that while Guernsey was not high risk, it was important that individuals and organisations developed a wider understanding of the roles, responsibilities, procedures and decision-making processes involved in a major incident.

The desktop planning exercise was centred on an unravelling scenario that was portrayed to the audience via a series of news bulletins made specifically for the event.

In the mock scenario, both the harbour and the airport were closed.