part of LFEPA), which links to 33 borough emergency control centres that are charged with managing the incident locally.


These arrangements were first implemented in July 2005, in response to the London bombings, and ensured that London local authorities played a leading and coordinated role in the regional multi-agency response. This enabled local authorities to discharge community leadership, support and share information with the community and businesses within their borough and lead on the recovery phase, aiming (as far as possible) to restore normality to the city.


To meet the demands of the new and emergency threats, the London Local Authority Gold Arrangements are scalable and flexible enough to manage both high impact, spontaneous emergencies and protracted incidents across London. In order to remain so, the LLACC supports local authorities by ensuring effective and efficient support to the LLAG arrangements.


This is achieved through: • Constant monitoring and horizon scanning


• Timely information sharing and regular communications


• Ensuring successful incident response and coordination


• Adding value


The LLACC and LLAG have been at the heart of London’s response to range of incidents over the past decade:


Monitoring community tensions following Woolwich murder


Following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, the LLACC ensured LLAG remained apprised of the emerging situation and the


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results of community tension monitoring conducted by boroughs. This ensured the early escalation of community cohesion issues once identified to enable local authorities to remain at the heart of developing London-wide community cohesion strategies and public reassurance.


London 2012


The principals of the London Local Authority Strategic Coordination Arrangements were employed to manage the day-to-day operations of the London Olympic Games in 2012, whilst still maintaining the emergency response capacity. This was achieved through the establishment of the Local Authority Olympic Coordination Centre (LAOCC, working alongside the Greater London Authority and the London Resilience Team in the London Operations Centre), which was staffed by the London Fire Brigade’s Emergency Planning team and ensured the retention of situational awareness, so that the LLAG and Central Government were kept apprised of the impact of the Games on local authorities. Furthermore, the LAOCC worked with the GLA to ensure that London was able to provide an enhanced experience through the delivery of public sector events and ensuring that the Games environment continued onto the streets of the host city, whilst maintaining the delivery of core services for the rest of London.


Multi-agency response keeps London moving


During the snow of 2009-10, to ensure London kept moving, the LLACC monitored salt stock levels required to provide an effective road gritting service, produced projections to inform the prioritisation of resupply from the national stockpile and coordinated mutual aid across London boroughs, where required.


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Swine flu


As part of the meadures for the influenza (swine flu) pandemic of 2009, the LLACC comprehensively reported on its impact on all 33 local authorities, from arrangements of schools and contact centres to ensuring business continuity arrangements remained in place.


London bombings


These focuses are best demonstrated during the response to the London bombings, where the LLACC supported the affected local authorities and coordinated mutual aid, to minimise the impact on London.


These focuses have also been met through the management of a variety of other incidents since the events of 11 September 2001, including the response to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko (Polonium-210), severe weather (including snow, storms and flooding) and London disorder.


Since the introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act in 2004, it is clear that the business sector is in a far stronger position to contribute to and benefit from the resilience agenda and achieves this through engagement with the various resilience fora and the Business Sector Panel. In doing so, businesses help to ensure that London continues to be a resilient city.


More information can be found at the websites of • London Prepared • London Fire Brigade • Cabinet Office • DCLG


Tom Brady Emergency Planning Officer www.london-fire.gov.uk


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