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UK Classification Exercise

The UKISARG exercise held at Fort Widley, Hampshire from March 5 to 9, 2006, brought together over 100 responders from various UK Fire and Rescue Services and NGOs to enhance urban search and rescue capabilities. Organized by the Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service and funded by DFID, the exercise included complex scenarios such as crane operations and multiple casualty situations. International observers from Europe and the USA participated, fostering cross-border collaboration. Key lessons focused on administrative improvements and better preparedness for first response teams.

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UK Classification Exercise

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  1. UK Classification Exercise

  2. UK Classification Exercise Venue: Fort Widley, Hampshire Date: 5 – 9 March 2006

  3. Organised by Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service • Funded by DFID • INSARAG Assessors • Dewey Perks, Peter Bytomski, Trevor Glass, Anders Oberg, Ted Pearn and Brendan Morris

  4. UK Team Structure • DFID - the UK Government Department that deploys the official UK team • Including Fire Service Search & Rescue Team and NGO Teams • Together make up UKISARG • Teams taking part during the exercise • IRC, BIRD, CANIS, RAPID UK, REST • Fire Service - Hampshire, Kent, West Midlands, GMC, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Grampian, Lancashire, South Wales & West Sussex • DFID and the UK Police

  5. Over 100 ‘rescuers’ • Over 100 exercise staff, observers and assessors! • Visitors/Observers from • Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Qatar, Denmark, New York State, Fairfax County, Los Angeles County, many UK Fire & Rescue Services, ODPM, FSC, Map Action. • Press & Media • specialist trade, local and national • Trade contacts • equipment suppliers

  6. Programme • Sunday • Initial light/medium teams arrive • Airport reception, OSOCC, initial BoO all set up and operations started, continuing overnight • Monday • Heavy contingent arrives, operations expand at Fort Widley • A major offsite venue is opened during the day • An overnight offsite confined space exercise is opened

  7. Programme • Tuesday • Fort Widley site continues, with a Police involvement for secure Embassy areas • Crane exercise in Portsmouth • Rope and dog exercise in Eastleigh • Security exercise (kidnapping of rescuers) • Multiple casualty scenario at Widley • Overnight offsite search exercise at HMS Dryad • Wednesday • Fort Widley scenarios continue to a finish

  8. Lessons Learned for UKISARG • Improvements needed in administrative procedures, especially in regard to role and responsibility at the RC/DC and OSOCC • Better prepared to perform necessary actions required of the “first arriving USAR team” • Better BOO procedures including camp security • Medical and engineering component of team needs strengthening

  9. Challenges and Advice • UN Classification • Examine the requirements in detail • Try to demonstrate the full range of capability against the requirements • Allow the assessors an opportunity to modify the programme • Ask assessors if they want to observe specific things

  10. Challenges and Advice • UN Classification • Give the assessors the freedom to go anywhere • Provide a meeting room with white boards, paper etc. • Facilitate arrangements • Transport • Food and water • Interpreter

  11. Questions ?

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