Case Studies - London Region Exercises
Exercise Capital Response
18-19 October, 2002
Exercise Capital Response was a table top exercise held over the 18th and
19th October 2002 and the aim was to exercise the "command, control
communication and consequence management issues following a catastrophic
incident".
Although at the time the UK and London had a well tested command structure
London partners felt it was important to examine whether it was still
appropriate for a challenge on the scale of the 9/11 attacks.
The objectives of the exercise were to;
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to examine the multi-agency protocols of the relationship between COBR,
Diamond and the Gold co-ordinating group,
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to identify the roles and responsibilities of the NHS, Utilities and
Transport Operators,
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to examine strategies for large-scale evacuation,
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to discuss the role of Central Government and how it interfaces with
operational control,
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to identify tactical issues that may impede strategic aims.
The scenario was conventional terrorism and examined an event with a wide
scale impact on London. The exercise provided a number of lessons which
have influenced the development of "command and control"
protocols in London and nationally.
The current London Strategic
Emergency Plan [PDF, 47 pages, 1.71MB], including
the command and control protocol can be found on the Publications page.
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