Resilience for The Faith Sector Emergency Planning and Response Luke Miller | DoL | November 2014

Resilience for Archdeacons

Resilience for the Faith Sector Major Incidents and Emergencies Structures Flat Resilience The Role of Faith Responders in an Emergency What to be doing now

Major Incidents and Emergencies Might be as local as a gas explosion Bravanese Centre Friern Barnet 2013 Local events can have regional resonance 2011 Riots At a point in time 7/7 From Elsewhere Ebola Continuing Impact Excess Deaths in a Pandemic

Major Incidents and Emergencies The course of an Emergency

Declaration of a major incident in London Definition: A major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or more of the emergency services and will generally include the involvement, either directly or indirectly, of large numbers of people. Response: Conversation – raising agency, police, LRT Decision to activate Strategic Coordination Group (management of the London response) Invitation to required representatives (Primary Faith rep is Faith Sector Panel Chair) London Strategic Coordination Group (SCG): Where strategic multi-agency direction is required to deal with an incident or disruptive event Group is responsible for determining the strategic aim, objectives and priorities for London.

What should we expect to do?

Major Incidents and Emergencies Faith Response curve

A Rising Tide Incident

Structures: Geographic National – Regional – Sub Regional – Local GB – London – Groups of Boroughs - Borough K&C Westminster City Tower H Southwark Lambeth Lewisham Greenwich Bexley Bromley Croydon Camden Islington Hackney Barnet Enfield Haringey H&F Brent Hillingdon Hounslow Ealing Harrow Waltham F Barking & D Havering Newham Redbridge Wandsworth Richmond Kingston Merton Sutton

Sub-regional Resilience Borough Resilience Forums Transport Sector Panel Business Sector Panel Voluntary Sector Panel Communications Sector Panel Local Authorities Panel Utilities Sector Panel London Resilience Forum Health Sector Panel Emergency Services Govt: DCLG Military Environment Agency FAITH Sector Panel Sub-regional Resilience London Resilience Programme Board Planning body. At a strategic level, a body called the LRF oversees the work of the partnership – this is currently chaired by Gareth Bacon, nominated by Mayor of London, and membership is at a senior level from key organisations. A number of sector panels feed into the forum to represent the views of diff groups of organisations The LRPB sites underneath the LLRF and implements the policies of the LLRF, tasking actions out to group. A number of working groups feed into the LRPB which focus on specific areas e.g. mass fatalities, mass evacuation. Risk Advisory group also feeds in. Because London is so big, planning and information sharing also takes place at a sub-regional and borough level London Emergency Services Liaison Panel – specific group that deals with response of emergency services and other agencies at scene of a major incident. This document sets out the initial response to an incident in the Capital London Risk Advisory Group Working Groups Borough Resilience Forums

Structures: Administrative Dioceses, Churches etc Faith Leaders Faith Sector Panel London Church Leaders Faith Forum for London Churches Gold Group Borough Faith Fora Faith Leaders Archdeacons

Structures Archdeacon ? Sub Regional Leader Borough Deans Partners: Chaplains; EPOs; Blue Light; neighbours Contacts and Local Responders Local Faith Centre

Structures https://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/mayor/london-resilience/preparing-london/planning-for-emergencies-in-london

Flat Resilience

Flat Resilience Every Place Ready

Flat Resilience Resilience Kit Basic First Aid Nappies Paper towels Torch (batteries) Kettle, sugar, tea and coffee Paper, scissors, blu-tak, marker pen Hi Viz jacket Chargers?

The Role of Borough-level Leaders on the Day Answer the phone Call others Co-ordinate local support Advocate the Plan Keep information flowing Think about relief & ask for help

What to do now Know your Patch & its people Borough EPO Borough Resilience Forum – who goes? Local responder training offered Exercises if there are any Police & Fire – you or the parish or both? Hospital & Health – is there contact? London Resilience Forum rep – faith sector panel Sub-Regional Resilience Forums – quarterly meetings – morning workshop on a particular theme – last marauding terrorist attack, next is post-Exercise Unified Response review (spring – March time). Faith leaders welcome – sign up through BRF.

What to do now Know your Patch & its people Local Schools & Businesses. Which faith buildings are or could be rest centres? Faith contacts – Near Neighbours; Presence and Engagement Share what you know & help others to see the need to know more

What to do now Encourage Preparedness (flat resilience) The plan simply gives us a place think about how to use and advocate that place Make sure that locally each authority knows we are there Manage expectations of clergy and other responders Talking to a dog owner in a rest centre not praying with the dying

What to be doing now Make Friends while you don’t need them