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Case Studies - London Region Exercises

Exercise Osiris II (Bank Underground Station)

7 September, 2003

• Details of the Exercise
• Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament, by Alistair Darling (15 Dec 2003)
• Lessons Learned from the Exercise (15 Dec 2003)
• End of exercise statement by Nick Raynsford, Minister for Civil Resilience
• Statements by Home Secretary David Blunkett and Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling
• Statement by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone

End of Exercise Statement by Nick Raynsford, Minister for Civil Resilience

Commenting at the end of the counter terrorism exercise, held today at Bank underground station in London, Nick Raynsford, Minister for Civil Resilience said:

"This exercise was designed to test the co-ordinated responses of the emergency services to a chemical release on a train in the London Underground, which involved rescue, decontamination and hospital treatment. It also tested the use of new equipment and procedures for the services.

"Our early view at the end of the exercise, is that the elements that we have planned to test, have worked well. There will of course be lessons to learn for all those involved.

"Once the emergency services and exercise planners have looked in detail at their responses to the incident and how it went, we would hope where appropriate to publish the major findings.

"There will always be room for improvement following an exercise of this kind and we will certainly make full use of the lessons learned to enhance London resilience."

"But I hope the public will be reassured that today's exercise, part of an extensive programme, demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that London is as prepared as possible to cope with all eventualities."

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