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A major incident can be defined as any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or more of the Emergency Services, or local Authority for: The initial treatment, rescue and transport of a large number of casualties. This essay will take focus on a major incident that occurred on the 7th of July 2005 in London, also known as the ‘London Bombings’. It will look into what happened on the day when 4 suicide bombers detonated 4 separate bombs on the underground system in the heart of London, and how Emergency Services and the city reacted to this tragic event in which 52 people were killed and more than 700 injured. The essay will look at in particular the prevention of such an attack, the preparedness of both the Government and Emergency Services, the response these services had to the incident, and the recovery of everyone who was involved, and the lessons that were learnt from this major incident to help Emergency Services should such an incident occur again in the future.

Description of the Event

On July 7th 2005 London declared a major incident after fifty-two people were killed and more than 700 injured when a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks struck central London. At around 0850 on the London Underground system: the first bomb was detonated on the Circle line between Aldgate and Liverpool Street, killing 7 people. The next bomb was at Edgware Road station, killing 6 people, and the third bomb detonated on the Piccadilly line between Russell Square and King’s Cross, killing 26 people. At 0947 a fourth explosion occurred on the upper deck of a London bus in Tavistock Place. The bombers, who were also killed in what are known to have been suicide attacks, have been identified as Mohammed Siddeque Khan, Hasib Hussein, Shazad Tanweer and Jermaine Lindsay. Investigations into these individuals and their associates are continuing. It was the worst terrorist attack in Britain since the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. Although there had been warnings of an attack on UK soil, this was the first time that new emergency plans had a chance to be tested, which had been significantly amended after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US.

Prevention

As a health care worker, it is highly unlikely, if not impossible