The UK Olympic Experience from a Fire and Rescue perspective

Steve Hamm MSc BEng(Hons) CEng FIFireE MIoD

IFE International President 2015/16

Head of the London Resilience Programme

The Games

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games

• 26 Sports, 206 competing nations• 14 days of competition• 10,500 athletes• 35 competition venues• 55,000 Olympic family members• 250,000 accredited people• 25,00 accredited journalists• Over 9 million tickets• Over 2 million visitors• 4 billion TV audience.

The Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games

• Over 150 competing nations• 4,200 athletes• 20 sports• 18 competition venues• 2.5 million tickets.

The Olympic Park

The Olympic Park

Other Olympic Venues

Venue Operational Plans

Venue information

Venue risks

LFB operations within venue

Emergency response

Incident resolution

Concept of operations

The Torch Relays

Olympic Torch Relay (London)

Paralympic Torch Relay (London)

Olympics - UK

• A 'One Team' approach to safety and security coordination

• Police Led – Multi-Agency coordination capability• Integrated: National, Government, Olympic and

Paralympic, Business as Usual• Single Interface between ‘GOLD’ level of

command/control and Government

The N.O.C.C.

Sequenced with Games wide reporting schedulesBased around 2 routine am/pm sitreps for external audiencesGuided reporting – based on commanders assessment and by exception reportingEmergency 'quick time' reporting based on NOSC's Critical Information Requirements

SIB Conduct:Disciplined briefing sequence:

- Ops Manager introduction- Intelligence Brief- LOCOG MOC - venues and

events- Venue Security Coord - National CT- Police GOLDs- Ambulance- Fire- GLO- Cyber- Transport and Security- Crime- MoD- UKBA- ILU- VIP Protection- Media- CBRNE- PNICC- NOCC Log Ops

SITREP prep SITREP complete

NOSC GuidanceVTC

NOSC Brief

NOSC Brief

SIB 2 (up to CONFIDENTIAL)

Individual Agency ‘story-board’ briefings

To COBR OPG+

05001600

10002100

Daily - Morning and Evening Staff Integration Briefings and associated Products

06001700

(Includes assessment and guidance advice)

By Brief or VTC

SIB 1

NOCC – Staff Integration Brief

London Fire Brigade during the Games

Incidents attended in London during the Olympics

6 PF, Kiwi House, Kings Cross

8 PF, Heathrow

Incidents attended in London during the Olympics

Incidents attended in London during the Olympics

Fire Alert, Central Line

40 PF, Dagenham, day of the Olympic closing ceremony

Incidents attended in London during the Olympics

40 PF, Dagenham, day of the Olympic closing ceremony

Incidents attended in London during the Olympics

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