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BCI East of EnglandForum
FRIDAY 18.OCTOBER 2019
Central Government’sConcept of Operations
for responding to an emergency
ROGERKEMBERMA(DIST),BSC(HONS),MBCI,AEPSCrisis UK07940 [email protected]
v policyv practice (as illustrated by COBR operations for the London Underground bombings of 7.July 2005)v learning pointsv questions
presentation
incident
Cabinet Office Briefing Room
U.K. response structure
Gold - Silver - Bronze
Strategic Co-ordinating Group
the birth ofCOBR
COBR – Black September 1970
Leila Khaled
Iranian Embassy Siege
the step-changein terrorism
“The New Reality”
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
National Security Secretariat
COBR ‘Con. Ops.’
- from hostage negotiations to‘cascade failures’
COBR Conference Room
cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ukresilience
Conference Room
PoliceRoom
COBR
‘7/7’
an insider’s account
Lady Justice Hallett – 6.May 2011
Coroner’s Inquest
Thursday 7. July – 08:51 to 09:47
New Scotland Yard – 09:00
§ Central Command Complex§ ‘Major Incident’ declared§ Call cascade § GOLD GROUP called§ The MET. in Major Incident mode
N.S.Y. – 09:00
§Central Command Complex§ ‘Major Incident’ declared
§Call cascade – alert to Cabinet Office Duty Officer
§GOLD GROUP called§MPS in Major Incident mode
COBR Alert
Ø An ‘on call’ list of senior civil servants, Special Forces and Nat. Police Chiefs Council
Ø Cabinet Office 24 hr. Duty Officer
Ø An EARLY heads-up and pre-COBR meetings
CT Presumption 1
an incident that could be terrorist related
will be treated as terrorist related
until the contrary is proved
CT Presumption 2
A terrorist incident will treated as the first of a series of such incidents
until the contrary is proved
Con.Ops-Escalation levelsSignificant Emergency (Level 1)- Support from a Lead Government Department or
devolved administration.
Serious Emergency (Level 2)- A wide/prolonged impact requiring support & co-
ordination from several Departments.
Catastrophic Emergency (Level 3)- Exceptionally high/widespread impact requiring immediate central government direction & support.
Chair (P.M, Home Sec. or H.O senior civil servant)
Foreign &Commonwealth Office
MoD(Special Forces)
Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Security Service (MI5)
NPCC (Nat. Police Chiefs Council)
HM Treasury
Government Information Co-ordination Service(GICS)
Devolved Administrations
Territorial Departments (e.g. DH, DEFRA, DfT )
COBR membership
Two Weeks Before ‘7/7’
‘Hanover Weekend’ seminar
ü Put the SIO (Senior Investigating Officer) in the ‘virtual hot seat’
ü Psychologically prepared
ü Some mental pre-planning
preparation
H & S warning
( PD25111:Guidance on Human Aspects of Business Continuity )
Media coverage- 11.00
1st meeting of COBR – 11:00
ØWho was behind this attack?
ØWhen would the next attack be?
ØWhere would the next attack be?
COBR – 11:551st Media release
v what to disclose
v addressing the evening rush hour
The decision strategy
• Take all reasonable steps to find out
• Put H & S first
• Undertake a risk assessment and document it
• Apply ‘CT presumption 3’
CT Presumption 3
The UK government will NOT
do the terrorists job for them
7.July 2005 – 15:00
The 1st Press Conference
World coverage at Queen Elisabeth II Centre
the media strategy
ü seen to be in control
ü reassure all interested parties
ü no info. = no questions
Media coverage
time delay on live operations
(except foreign & social media)
Media coverage
H & S warning
( PD25111:Guidance on Human Aspects of Business Continuity )
Edgware Road
19:00 - ‘Worst Case’ scenario planning
7.July- the overnight backlash
v containing the crisis
v protecting potential victims
v preserving public order
8. July- 4 secondary targets
The investigation
break-through
Deforensication
Flitwick Railway Station
2 days on
- a decision needed
9.July Veterans Week -VE Day 60th Anniversary
The decision strategy
• Take all reasonable steps to find out
• Put H & S first
• Undertake a risk assessment and document it
• Apply ‘CT presumption 3’
The next Thursday
- a decision needed
The decision strategy
• Take all reasonable steps to find out
• Put H & S first
• Undertake a risk assessment and document it
• Apply ‘CT presumption 3’
CT Presumption 3
The UK government will NOT
do the terrorists job for them
Thursday 12. July- routine & reassurance
A second incident
Thursday 21st July 2005
Thursday 21st July 2005
The second incident
- a decision needed
The decision strategy
• Take all reasonable steps to find out
• Put H & S first
• Undertake a risk assessment and document it
• Apply ‘CT presumption 3’
Friday 22nd July – 10:12
A tragic error
Jean Charles de Menzes
22nd July 2005 – Press Conference
Leeds – Home of ‘7/7’
Mass casualties are the prime aim
Remembering the dead
Memorials become new iconic sites
The next
‘7/7’
‘9/11’ Commission
“Afailureofimagination”
H & S warning
distressing imagefollowing
The future for the UK ?
Bataclan Terrorist Attack, Paris13.November 2015
The future arrived in the U.K on 4.January 2018
“Todayanyonecanthreatenawholesocietywithaflask
carryingpathogenscreatedinagarage–
andwithoutadetectablesignature”
- DavidHoffman“TheDeadHand”
The future for the UK ?
Coroner’s Inquest
YourQUESTIONS
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