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London Resilience Forum: Supporting Local People
Tidal Surge Workshop
17 Oct 2013
Matthew Hogan | London Resilience Team @London_Prepared
1973 Pre 2002 2005 2010 2012
London Emergency Services Liaison Panel
• Shared Major Incident Definition
• Roles and Responsibilities of organisations
• Initial response actions
• Command and Control structures
• Specialist response information
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2012
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Tidal ClosureFluvial ClosuresTotal Closures
(Tidal) Floodi
ng
Mass Casualties
Mass Fatalities
Mass Evacuatio
n
Mass Shelter
Structural Collapse
Recovery
Business Continuity
Communicating with the Public
Command and
Control
Health Sector
Local Authorities
and Businesses
Climate and Environment Sector
Transport Sector
Emergency Services Sector
Utilities Sector
Trains Stop (5 mins)
Loss of Passenger Info Systems
Emergency Generator Systems kick in
Likely changes in demand profile
Emergency Generator Systems kick in
Acute
Primary & Community
Impact on Community
Water
Electricity
TelecomsHealth and Safety issues
Revert manual systems
Safety issues for nursing and
residential care
Comms difficulties with fleet
Variability in mortuary business
continuity plans
Monitoring equipment
affected
Loss of electronic transactions and ability to obtain cash from ATMs
Distress for MH patients
H&S issues for schools
Failure of automatic
flood protection
systems
Continuity of cold chain
drug storage
Potential rise in admissions (vulnerable)
Retail fuel stops
Rise in food safety incidents
Impact to water
pumping (mains)
Potential water pumping issues in buildings
Potential water quality issues
Security barriers and theft prevention systems fail
Staff H&S issues
Challenges communicating with oncoming staff
Cessation of elective and non-
emergency cases
Challenges to some
diagnostic services
VOIP, DECT and Internet likely to fail
Mobile base stations fail (hours)
Increased fixed line demand
Implementation of demand management
Unable to recharge mobile phones and Airwave terminalsElectricity
Failure
Relocation to alternative
sites
Additional problems may be caused by
limitations of working during natural light
Unable to send Flood
Alert notifications
Trapped passengers
Reduced ability to heat/cool home
Dependencies on equipment at
home
Impacts on national
transport
Airport diversion possible
Likely changes in demand
profile
Limited train service
resumes
Potential for public disorder incidents
Possibly unable to retrieve electronic data
Impacts to manufacturing, banking and leisure
Difficulties in communicating
between schools and parents
Large scale evacuation or shelter
may be required
Mutual aid to provide alternative supply
Challenges in communicating with residents and businesses
London Resilience Forum: Supporting Local People
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