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25th - 26 th February Sadiyat Island Abu Dhabi. Developing National Capabilities for Crisis & Disaster Management. Major General Michael Charlton-Weedy CBE DL UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat. Aim.
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25th - 26 th February Sadiyat Island Abu Dhabi Developing National CapabilitiesforCrisis & Disaster Management Major General Michael Charlton-Weedy CBE DL UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Aim To outline the UK’s concepts and practices in the development and management of emergency capabilities Please note that the UK’s legal definition of emergency contained in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 subsumes crisis and disaster, which infer degrees of severity of the consequences of the emergency
What is Capability? • The capacity to fulfill a defined task to the required standard in specified conditions • It is not just about equipment and assets……….
Capability Development • The application of programme management disciplines to the parallel development and integration of diverse components • Spread across various ministries, agencies & companies • Dependent on information sharing & cooperation • Risks of sub-optimisation • Centralised coordination board (Cabinet Office) • The use of performance monitoring, measurement and management to assure availability and reliability • But what to develop?
What capabilities? • Strategic context • National Security Strategy • Domestic Resilience Strategy • National Risk Assessment • Identifies risks requiring specific capabilities
Mass Fatality Floods Mass Casualty
Functional Risk Specific Mass Fatalities Mass Casualties CBRN Flooding Infectious Diseases Animal Diseases Evacuation & Shelter Site Clearance Continuity Telecoms & Postal Transport Energy Food & Water Finance Health C3 Central Response Local Resilience Generic Warning & Informing Resilient Telecommunications Interoperability Humanitarian Assistance Community & Corporate Resilience Recovery
What, but how much capability? • Strategic context • National Security Strategy • Domestic Resilience Strategy • National Risk Assessment • Identifies risks requiring specific capabilities • National Resilience Planning Assumptions • Derived from identified risks • Define consequences of reasonable worst case scenarios in sufficient detail to confirm the scale of capability requirements
What capability integration? • Strategic context • National Security Strategy • Domestic Resilience Strategy • National Risk Assessment • Identifies risks requiring specific capabilities • National Resilience Planning Assumptions • Derived from identified risks • Define consequences of reasonable worst case scenarios in sufficient detail to confirm the scale of capability requirements • National Resilience Capabilities Programme • Manages & applies priorities & resources
Deployed Capability – Mass FatalitiesLondon Bombings – 7th July 2005 • Concept • Doctrine & SOPs • Trained peopledrivers, erectors, plumbers, electricians, refrigeration engineers, operators, handlers, mortuary assistants, recorders, photographers, system managers, pathologists, laboratory technicians, receptionists, all working together as a team
Summary • Systematic • Strategy framed • Risk determined • Realism constrained • Cooperatively managed
25th - 26 th February Sadiyat Island Abu Dhabi Developing National CapabilitiesforCrisis & Disaster Management Major General Michael Charlton-Weedy CBE DL UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat