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London Resilience is a strategic partnership that is working to
ensure London is prepared for major incidents or catastrophes.
It embraces all the key organisations and bodies in the capital
in both the public and private sectors.
London Resilience was created in the wake of the 9-11 attacks in
the USA. An inter-agency team led by a senior civil servant, with
experts from the emergency services, transport operators, utilities,
NHS and local government was commissioned to review London's preparedness.
The team found that London's emergency response arrangements were
well prepared for the types of major incident that had been considered
previously. However work was needed to address the scale and nature
of new threats. London needed a new strategic emergency planning
regime to cope with the step change.
The Forum is the body that oversees the work of London Resilience.
It is composed of senior officials representing the main emergency
organisations and key sectors within the partnership. It is chaired
by the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP in his role as Minister for London
Resilience and the Deputy chair is Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
The Forum reports to the Government.
The Forum has a number of sub-committees and working groups that
concentrate on particular aspects of London's preparedness. These
include:
- The Blue Lights Sub-Committee (dealing with matters related
to the emergency services)
- The Utilities Sub-Committee (dealing with matters affecting
the key utilities such as water, gas and telecommunications)
- The Business Sub-Committee (representing the general business
community)
- The Health Sub-Committee
- The Transport Sub-Committee
- The Communications Sub-Committee (tasked with ensuring arrangements
for warning and informing the public)
- The Local Authorities Sub-Committee
The Forum and its sub-committees and working groups are supported
by the London Resilience Team.
The team grew out of the one that carried out the initial assessment
of London's preparedness. It has a small core of civil servants
but most of its members are specialists seconded from partner organisations
to provide a unique combination of expertise.
The team is based within the Government
Office for London. It currently
has members from:
- The Metropolitan Police Service
- The British Transport Police
- The City of London Police
- The London Fire Brigade
- The London Ambulance Service
- The National Health Service
- The Greater London Authority
- Corporation of the City of London, Emergency Planning Department
- Transport for London
- London Underground
- Thames Water
- British Telecom
- London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA)
- The Government Information and Communications Service.
The team welcomes your feedback. You can e-mail them at: enquiries-lrt.gol@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk.
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