If you spot emergency services and abseiling figures on Thursday 16 May, please don’t be alarmed. Lancaster University will work with local emergency services to complete the exercise at the wind turbine.

The exercise will feature a rope rescue of dummies from the nacelle (the area at the top of the tower and behind the rotor) and at different landings inside the tower.

If you are in the area, you may therefore see figures abseiling or being lowered from the back of the nacelle during the day.

There will also be a visible emergency services presence at both the wind turbine and the Hazelrigg Field Station.

The University will work alongside Enercon, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, and North West Ambulance Service to complete the test.

More information

If you’d like to learn more about the University’s wind turbine, and its contribution to energy production at Lancaster, please visit the sustainability web pages. For more information about the emergency rescue exercise, please contact Emergency Planning and Risk Manager Julie Ferguson.