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

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

2. 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.

4. Chemical Weapon Attack

5. Industrial Accident BHOPAL DISASTER 2nd & 3rd DECEMBER 1984 UNION CARBIDE BHOPAL, INDIA

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

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

8. NorthWest 5. Lancashire 6. Greater Manchester 7. Merseyside 8. Cheshire RegionalCollaborative Groups 1. Northumberland 2. Tyne & Wear 3. Co. Durham &Darlington 4. Cleveland North East Yorkshire & Humberside 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 32. Essex 33. Suffolk 34. Norfolk 35. Hertfordshire 36. Bedfordshire & Luton 37. Cambridgeshire East of England Shropshire 12. Hereford & Worcestershire 13. West Midlands 14. Warwickshire 15. Staffordshire MARP 23. Oxfordshire 24. Buckinghamshire 25. Royal Berkshire 26. Hampshire 27. Isle of Wight 28. Surrey 29. West Sussex 30. East Sussex 31. Kent South East SWRP 16. Gloucestershire 17. Avon 18. Wiltshire 19. Somerset 20. Dorset 21. Devon 22. Cornwall London

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

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

11. Roles and Responsibilities: Decontamination and HazSubs • 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.

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

13. RESOURCES REQUIRED • High Volume Major Pumps x 201 • Heavy Rescue Vehicles x 26 • Regional Command and 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

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

16. Nuclear or RadioactiveExplosion

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