Terrorism The New Dimension Her Majesty s Inspector

Terrorism – The New Dimension Her Majesty’s Inspector of Fire Services Keith Phillips HM Fire Service Inspectorate

Objectives To enable the UK Fire Service to provide an effective response to large scale-incidents of the magnitude of the attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11 2001. • Preparedness for the full range of scenarios through which terrorist activity is envisaged to occur. • A cohesive and robust mutual aid network including strategic communications. • A credible mass decontamination capability. • Effective urban search and rescue capabilities.

Chemical Weapon Attack

Industrial Accident

Terrorism – The New Dimension Project Organisation CFBAC Project Board Senior User CACFOA, LGA, FBU Executive DTLR - FHSD Senior Supplier HMFSI Project Assurance Project Board Secretariat Project Director Project Control Keith Phillips Training and Personnel Urban Search and Rescue Mutual Aid Decon’ and Haz. Subs Appliances, Equipment, Specificatioms

Project Organisation Project Board Senior User CACFOA, FBU, LGA Executive DTLR Fire Policy Unit Senior Supplier HMFSI Project Assurance Project Director Project Support Documentation and Guidance Strategy and Communications Firelink Liaison Officers Firelink Consultant Team RCG Support

Regional Collaborative Groups 1. 2. 3. 4. North East Northumberland Tyne & Wear Co. Durham &Darlington Cleveland 5. 6. 7. 8. Yorkshire & Humberside North West Lancashire Greater Manchester Merseyside Cheshire 43. South Yorkshire 44. West Yorkshire 45. Humberside 46. North Yorkshire 47. Cumbria East Midlands 38. Northamptonshire 39. Leicestershire 40. Derbyshire 41. Nottinghamshire 42. Lincolnshire Wales 9. North Wales 10. Mid & West Wales 11. South Wales East of England 32. Essex 33. Suffolk 34. Norfolk 35. Hertfordshire 36. Bedfordshire & Luton 37. Cambridgeshire Shropshire MARP 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Hereford & Worcestershire West Midlands Warwickshire Staffordshire SWRP Gloucestershire Avon Wiltshire Somerset Dorset Devon Cornwall South East London 23. Oxfordshire 24. Buckinghamshire 25. Royal Berkshire 26. Hampshire 27. Isle of Wight 28. Surrey 29. West Sussex 30. East Sussex 31. Kent

Roles and Responsibilities: Mutual Aid • Development of existing arrangements • National coordination strategy • Regional reinforcement • Regional co-ordination centres • National standards for command control • Strategic communications • Inter Service Liaison

Roles and Responsibilities: Urban Search and Rescue · Development of an effective Urban Search and Rescue Capability. · Additional resources. · USAR planning. · National Standards. · Regional Arrangements

Roles and Responsibilities: Decontamination and Haz. Subs · National Procedure for Mass Decontamination. · Review existing capability. · Additional resources and infrastructure. · Co-ordination with other emergency services. · In partnership with Department of Health. · Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment.

Roles and Responsibilities: Appliances, Equipment, Specifications • Review of existing capabilities. • National requirements and standards. • Specifications for additional equipment. • Crewing and mobilising

RESOURCES REQUIRED · High Volume Major Pumps x 201 · Heavy Rescue Vehicles x 26 · Regional Command Control x 11 · Thermal image cameras x 4150 · Public mass decontamination packs · Gas tight protection x 308 · National co-ordination facilities · Inter-service command facilities

Roles and Responsibilities: Training and Personnel · Determine additional personnel and training requirements. · Health and Safety implications. · Risk assessment of additional equipment.

Nuclear or Radioactive Explosion

Terrorism – The New Dimension Her Majesty’s Inspector of Fire Services Keith Phillips HM Fire Service Inspectorate