Ineos: Additional test of alarm at Grangemouth site

The petrochemical giant holds weekly tests of its onsite alarm system – on Mondays at 11.45am for the north side of the site and on Fridays at 11.45am for the south side of the site.

These alarms would be used on occasions when Ineos require those working on its site to muster at various points.

To ensure that the warning system can be heard by all those working here, the alarms may also be audible outwith the site boundary.

However, the company has said that there will be an additional testing of a new system on Friday, October 27 between 11.15am and 12.15pm.

As with the weekly testing, there is no requirement for members of the public to respond to the alarm as it is a test.

More details about the weekly alarm testing (and the MICC community warning system) can be found here

The only siren that the public should take action upon hearing is the MICC warning system.

The MICC warning system is a Grangemouth-wide siren system, operated on behalf of all the member companies of the MICC (Major Incident Control Committee). It is tested twice a year on the first Wednesdays of June and December.

More information regarding what action to take in the event of this siren being activated is available here