Preparedness

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Preparedness
Business Continuity
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Preparedness

• EEAST Resilience Team Purpose
• The Purpose of the team is to contribute to
  the Trusts overall process in respect of
  provision for
• Resilience and Contingency Preparedness
• in the event of significant or major incidents
  (affecting the whole of the EEAST in support of
  national emergencies)
• Business Continuity Preparedness
  in regards to all properties and services
  provided.

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Preparedness

• Fast Burn Incident
• Buncefield Major Incident
• Buncefield Mass Casualty.

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Southern England and Wales highlighting the
location of Hemel Hempstead
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The Buncefield Oil Distribution Depot

• 29 storage tanks on site
• At the time of the incident an estimated 100
  million litres of product was on site
• Provides 7.5 of the nations fuel supply.

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The site before the incident
Main Entrance
M1 Motorway
Hemel Hempstead
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The Incident

• Sunday 11th December 2005 at 0602 hours
• Minimum manning on site some maintenance staff
• Numerous 999 calls, some reporting that an
  aircraft had crashed
• Calls to residential addresses, hotels and other
  properties.

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The Incident

• Measured 2.8 on the Richter Scale
• Mobilised 6 ambulances and 4 managers to various
  locations
• Very few casualties
• 9 conveyed by ambulance to Hemel Hospital
• 48 self-presented at Hemel Hospital
• Ambulance Service declared a Major Incident
  Standby
• West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust declared Internal
  Major Incident.

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What if it had happened30 hours later (noon on
Monday)?

• Estimates made by the Business Leaders from the
  adjacent industrial estate suggest the casualty
  figures would have been very different
• Fatalities 500
• Casualties (Serious) 1000
• Casualties (Minor) 2000 to 3000.

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Preparedness
Slow Burn Incident Avian Flu (H5N1) Animal
Disease Pandemic Flu Infectious Diseases.

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Preparedness
Robust Local (LRFs) Multi-Agency
Process Alerting Phase - Impact Processing
Phase - Escalation Recovery - Follow-Up Phase.
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Preparedness
Remember- The key to supporting ALL incidents
must be a ROBUST Business Continuity Plan.
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Preparedness

• Business Continuity Aims
• Develop a B.C. Plan / Business Impact Analysis
• Corporate Buy-In Managers and Staff Awareness
• Effect upon Operational Functions
• Command Structure / Centre
• Departmental Risk Matrix / Documentation
• Key Tasks Key Workers
• Departmental Contingency Arrangements .

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Preparedness

• Next Steps
• Evaluation of Current Version
• Regional/Trust Exercising
• Lessons Identified
• Plan Review
• External Audit BS 25999
• Version 2.

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Preparedness

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