Emergency Planning (Martyn’s Law)

Overview

Emergencies can happen anytime, and as operational managers or staff, you will be a “first responder”. What will be your initial actions? How do you make an assessment, and to whom do you escalate?

This training provides insight into emergency management and uses relevant scenarios to heighten learning, including a session with Counter Terror Police.

With legislation likely in the UK, known as Martyn’s Law, there will be a legal responsibility for those working in Publicly Accessible Locations to “protect and prepare” against terrorism; this includes UK Universities.

Completing this training is intended to increase skills and confidence in managing through the initial stages of an emergency, thereby increasing organisational capability.

The training also explains how the Emergency services will operate and briefing on the Imperial Emergency plan. These sessions will be run in person at South Kensington.

Who should attend

All relevant staff who have responsibility for protecting our community. It is an opportunity to collaborate with key stakeholders, invest in our security measures and support existing Imperial plans for crisis management.

Delegates must complete Action Counters Terrorism (ACT e-learning) before attendance. 

• Heads of Department
• Faculty Operating Officers
• Department Operations Manager
• Managers, Supervisors and Leaders
• Residential Staff and Hall Wardens
• Operational staff working with the public and Imperial community

Essential Information
Martyn’s Law overview and what you need to know | ProtectUK

Aim
To increase organisational capability to lead through a crisis and have a positive impact on operational delivery.

Objectives
Test the response, resilience, and interoperability of the operational teams to enable continuous development and improve overall readiness.

Exercise using simulated incidents within a compressed timeline requiring assessment; performance of tasks; notional decision making against plans, policies, and procedures where applicable.

Raise understanding of roles, responsibilities, and priorities involved in managing crisis to ensure that the University is better prepared.

Key Areas

• Scope of Martyn’s Law.
• Protect Duty
• Making a Threat and Vulnerability Assessment (TVA)
• Current measures of protective security
• Competent Persons and Accountability
• Prepare Duty
• Assessing an incident as it unfolds
• Reducing the risk of harm caused by terrorist acts.
• Sharing information with emergency responders and supporting their efforts
• Ensuring escalation in line with Imperial Crisis Management Plan (ICMP)