(PROTECT) Exercise - Exercise - Exercise: Exercise Tempest Dawn 2013

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Major Incident following storm force winds and tornadosIn Portsmouth and surrounding areas

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Portsmouth and South Hampshire

Harbour disruption, trees down at SJH

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Local Impact / Many roads and all rail blocked

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Media Interest• Widespread media / Lead story

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Summary Outline of Strategic Effects

National effects: • National media exposure / Health and safety

risks and incidents requiring corporate decision making:

Regional effects:• Regional Comms, disruption to normal buisness.Local Areas effects (mainly Portsmouth and Southampton)• (X) community hospitals damaged and on back

up power• NHS E request for interim ward capacity 40 beds.• 6 Health Centers damaged, (one closed)

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Incident Control Room: Based in PortsmouthSt James Hospital. (On back-up power)

Incident Controller:Jamie Andrews6 staff in Support.

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Key Resource Requests: agreed or awaiting decision

– Operational Resources– Equipment– Personnel– Assets

• Premises• Information

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Issues identified to this point• Widespread power outage• SJH –

– Significant damage to fabric of Main Building• Roof damage• Wall collapse following hit by trees

– Main, Solent & Orchards Drives blocked– Sewers overflowing– No power since storm hit

• Cosham Health Centre– Tree collapse on North end of building major structural damage

• Lake Road Health Centre– Minor damage to roof– Broken windows– Intermittent power supply

• SMCHC– Multiple buildings with minor damage to roof /windows and some water

ingress

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• X 6 Buildings compromised

• Building 1 - Cosham Health centre• Asbestos risk (Conor Mulholland informed)qualified

staff on site working with fire & police• Building evacuated• Relocating Primary Care Services to Acorn Lodge

• Building 2 – St James’ Hospital several areas with structural damage but no in-patients - running generator power – engineer on site to maintain generators all structural damage and risk cordoned off – preparing two wards to accept x 35 patients from Swell Being- ETA 13.30

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Strategic Decisions and Company Approach for response• Building x 3• St Mary’s CHC• Generator 24 hr fuel supply – sourcing fuel from

unaffected sites• Incidences of localised flooding – not material

risk• Window damage staff on site making safe• Building x 4• Swellbeing Private Hospital• Major damage to infrastructure• X 35 patients relocated to SJH ETA 13.30

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• Building x 5 + 6• Lymington & RSH• Managed by local contractors Rydon– minor

damage• Lymington on generator power

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Comms phone calls outgoing• Update to NHS England • Lymington Hospital H & S Officer• Working with Rydon Maintenance team • RSH No staff made it in• Contact Southern Electric • Asbestos Risk• Qualified staff on site working with fire brigade• HSE• Local police

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Comms phone calls incoming• Portsmouth News• BBC South• Ted Nugent – Lymington Hospital• RSH - Barry Toward – asked to contact SHFT as

no power• Ian Daccus - Area Manager Kent Offer of

engineers accepted• Tom Brown – Leicestershire offering staff & vans

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Communications

• NHS England & CCG briefed on position and mediation plans

• 35 relocated patients to SJH• Cosham HC to Acorn Lodge• Asbestos risk contained at Cosham HC• No fatalities or major injuries reported to date

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Identified Strategic Dilemmas (if any)

• Planning supplies for additional patients• Communication plan for all NHS PS staff• Review staffing rotas for coming week• Emergency staff accommodation • Funding arrangements

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Company Approach for Recovery and Restoration

• Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service confirm hazardous materials team working with NHS PS on site

• Information from properties with building damage,cleaning,flooding,trees to be RAG rated for prioritising

• All staff inc management dressed to clean• Clear directions – who will coordinate?• Clean up –Interserve • Additional cleaning equipment/PPE

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• Trees – • Specialist area

– Drain/clean up/mop up process– Trees- Burley/Southern trees/TPOs– Building damage

• Structural engineer• Estates• Asbestos AP

Company Approach for Recovery and Restoration

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• E-mail Conor Mulholland• Insurance update• RIDDOR report – awaiting output from asbestos

report• RAG on building condition

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• Date and Time Updated:10.45am• Next schedule update and deadline for additions:

– (Info to lead Editor by 00:00 + Date: )• Lead Editor of Strategic Incident Update:• Contacts of Lead Editor:

– Number - ?– Mobile-07515189928– Email -jamie.andrews@property.nhs.uk