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 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

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

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

5. Lancashire 6. Greater Manchester 7. Merseyside 8. Cheshire North West 43. South Yorkshire 44. West Yorkshire 45. Humberside 46. North Yorkshire 47. Cumbria Yorkshire & Humberside London 1. Northumberland 2. Tyne & Wear 3. Co. Durham &Darlington 4. Cleveland North East 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 38. Northamptonshire 39. Leicestershire 40. Derbyshire 41. Nottinghamshire 42. Lincolnshire East Midlands 32. Essex 33. Suffolk 34. Norfolk 35. Hertfordshire 36. Bedfordshire & Luton 37. Cambridgeshire East of England 16. Gloucestershire 17. Avon 18. Wiltshire 19. Somerset 20. Dorset 21. Devon 22. Cornwall SWRP Shropshire Wales 9. North Wales 10. Mid & West Wales 11. South Wales Regional Collaborative Groups

Mutual Aid Development of existing arrangements National coordination strategy Regional reinforcement Regional co-ordination centres National standards for command and 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 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. Roles and Responsibilities:

Appliances, Equipment, Specifications Roles and Responsibilities: 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 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

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

Nuclear or Radioactive Explosion

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