Terrorist Strike at the Heart of the United Kingdom Transport System - Case Study Example

terrorists strike at the heart of the UK transport system BY [Name of the organization] [Author’s name] [Date of fulfilment] Introduction This is a paper where I am making an assessment over the management of sudden terrorist attack. This is a case study regarding a sudden devastating attack made by the terrorist over the UK transport system. In this paper my attempt is related to the management of all kinds that can well assist people with accurate information and reliability systems. This is a risk management task and the efficiencies are very much dependent over the promptness of the assistance and the mangers allotted to the whole management task. The paper discusses over the incident in relation to the political and national implications of the event. The follow ups were all well managed and there was the understanding of the instructions as discussed in the International Journal of Emergency Management. I have also made an analytical inspection over the statutory services during such emergency. The case It was exactly a moment of great terror when there was a sudden attack of terrorism in the UK transport system. It was around 8:50 a.m. on the 7th of July 2008. The attack was exactly at the heart of the UK transport system. Added to this strike there was also equal and multiple explosions on a number of passenger trains. These were consecutively on the London underground Circle Line tunnel between the route from Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations. The next was on the line was on the Circle Line just outside Edgware Road. Followed by this there was the third explosion in a Piccadilly Line tunnel between King's Cross and Russell Square. This get concluded with two more explosions within an hour. These were at the upper deck of a No. 30 bus in Piccadilly Square Manchester and a second on a high speed train in the channel tunnel. The later estimations show that approximately 700 people have been killed in this sudden mishap. This further gets followed by many more being trapped in the wreckage at the various incident sites. There are more than 1600 people who are injured. The initial response to each of the incident sites is rapid, with emergency services' resources arriving on scene within minutes of the first calls being received at 999 control centres. the command and control structures It is very appropriate that the London Underground Network Operations Centre decides to declare a network emergency, added to the act of evacuation of the whole London Underground network. This was not that easy as the whole area is always thronged with people on busy schedules. The command and control structure was initiated well by the London Underground stuff and the assistance was well managed by the Manchester and Kent. However as for my interpretation, in such emergency, it is also very important to act worth the Rapid Action Force. As there is no assurance for further blasts the military and the police assistance turns up to be more necessary. Sally Buchanan, (2000, pp. 159-165) declares that the participation of the ambulance and fire crews were of great need during this emergency. The management was in desperate need for the appropriate participation of resources to have all the means for the identification of all kinds of apparatus to avoid any more mass casualties. The whole system of management needs to get related to each location and that has to be made safe in order to bring in the adequate prevention in the system1. Statutory Services The services as has been forwarded by the Police officers were prompt and that deploy to each of the scenes to carry out a variety of tasks to aid the emergency response. Added to this there are the uniformed officers, SO13 (Anti-Terrorism) and other specialist officers are deployed. As well as officers at the scene, police officers staff control centres and the Casualty Bureau. Officers in every London Borough are employed on public reassurance duties. Similar facilities are set up in Manchester and Folkestone. The participation of London, Kent and Manchester Fire and Rescue Services deploy over 800 fire-fighters in 42 front-line appliances and nineteen Fire Rescue Units. These are supported by 6 Urban Search and Rescue Teams from across the Country as the incident is declared a level Four incident' It has been estimated that over 350 vehicles and over 600 staff are deployed by the London and Regional Ambulance Services, including assistance provided through mutual aid arrangements. There is a confirmation that the entire injured people are rescued, medically assessed, treated and, where necessary, evacuated to hospitals within five hours. Immediate application of Strategic Health Authorities across the Country play a significant part in the response and all London and effected Regional hospitals are placed on major incident alert, with 2,200 beds rapidly being made available for more than 1600 casualties arriving at accident and emergency departments over a period of several hours. The vast majority (more than 80%) are fit for discharge on the same day. Of the 300 casualties admitted to hospital 43 die of their injuries. Above all these efforts the participations as has been led by the voluntary sector, plays a vital and significant role in the response providing a wide range of support services and assistance. Emergency management There many points forwarded by National Civil Defence Emergency Plan Order 2005, that can be well followed for al kinds of prior planning. As for the sudden terroristic attacks like these the preparation should be made before hand. There should be proper participation of the professionals in the field of bringing in training to deal with such emergencies in the local levels, state provincials, and the federal and very private organizational units. As stated by David Alexander, (2002), these trainings need to be made compulsory for every educational institute, corporate communities and residential areas. These trainings need to be so planned that it reaches as many people as it can. The training will turn up to be of great fruitfulness for the basic prevention of such incidents and also for the immediate back up of security towards health and injuries. These trainings are related to every possible aspect ranging from public information and to the media relations. These can help many volunteers to join the necessary assistance to help more people. These are also meant for the high-level incident command and that is incredibly applicable for all the tactical and the structural skills. These trainings also include the studying of terrorist bombing site added to the act of controlling every particular emergency scene. These kinds of compulsory trainings prove to be of great help to the administration and the Government. The sudden attacks as get initiated by the efficiently trained executives. These executives are made to be on the floor as soon as the emergency was at its strike. There were an innumerable numbers of calls coming in. Among all these a number of 43,000 calls are received in the Casualty Bureau. As in the course of the incident the estimations shows that 7,823 persons were missing. These calls were all handled in regards to the deliverance of the information related to all these missing people and the dead information. The blasts were all made in series, and thus the enquiries are all happening in a random basis. In such a situation the best possible way is to make a shift of larger human resources to the statutory services from other customer care zones. As every particular information needs to be well checked before declaration the use of machines in such situation is not that reliable. An individual voice is more supportive and thus its application is necessary. The well trained customer care handling executives understand the means of managing with every sensitive issue and they have the skill to make the enquirer have more patience with the relevant situation. It is here that the emergency of making people understand about the sources will make the participation go more under control the advertising agencies and the social welfare services can really play vital roles. In such a situation where there is a regular increase in the number of dead and traumatic victims the medical services must be at full alert. It is true that there may be many involved in these services, which are facing the struggle in themselves. In spite of that the patience and proper management of delivering information declaration and medical services must be offered with all efficiencies. The incident was so devastating that the public telecommunication network suffered severe congestion because of the level of demand. In such situation the most relevant way is to bring in the networking services under emergency assistance. Wherever possible the news needs to be declared instead of the regular busy tone. The services have to be so upgraded that in spite of just declaring that the phone line is not accessible the information related to the dialled area should be given. It will at least bring in some relief to the enquirer. There are many aspects that deal with the submission of all details over the telephonic services. The number of information declaration telephone numbers needs to be engaged. In case of a busy line the provisions should be made to make the shift to another line to answer the enquiry. It is quite obvious that the telephonic lines will bring in enough hassle to the whole system however there are scopes that the lines can make regular shift to the available number. press release Draft In demand of the emergency related to such a sudden terrorist attack, the government request every individual to act with more patience and tolerance. The terrorist attack was done with all brutality. However we consider the fact of being questioned over the security assistance and management. In spite of all these at this particular moment we are not into the task of finding those who were in charge of the security. The demand of the emergency is to save as many people as possible. Also we are preparing the troupes to find out any instance of further blasts like these. The lives are at loss and we really regret for that. We hereby would also like to make the assurance that all those people who are responsible for such a disaster will be punished under every severe possible law. As the services are getting well engaged round the clock, the request is made for better voluntary assistance. We on the behalf of the government will be grateful to all those people who decide to be a part of the statutory services. A helping hand in such emergency will support many lives and there cannot be anything more valuable than saving a life. We hereby take the responsibility of assuring the best of services as can be delivered. However there s this core request for volunteers to participate for the settlement of the emergency. As you support us in helping your own locality and the nearby areas, the support automatically will grow bigger and lots of people will get benefitted by this. The proceedings are all on its verge and the attempts are made to get the culprits. The security measures are getting stronger and we request every individual to cooperate for the same. We are grateful at this moment emergency we are being much helped by our neighbours and USA. These cooperation are well forwarded by the International Association of Emergency Managers, Red Cross and the Red Crescent, United Nations and the World Bank The task forces and the military supports are well generated on international basis. The scopes for the culprits to move freely, been limited in the best possible way and we are sure that we will soon have them under custody within a span of a week. Sources Alexander, David Principles of Emergency planning and Management. Harpenden: Terra Publishing. ISBN 1-903544-10-6, (2002) Buchanan, Sally. "Emergency preparedness." from Paul Banks and Roberta Pilette. Preservation Issues and Planning. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000 ISBN 978-0-8389-0776-4 International Journal of Emergency Management, ISSN: 1741-5071 (electronic) ISSN: 1471-4825 (paper), Inderscience Publishers National Civil Defence Emergency Plan Order 2005, available from http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2005/0295/latest/DLM356569.html Read More