London mass fatality plan version 4 - Greater London Authority

SECTION 9 – OLYMPICS 2012 MASS FATALITY PLANNING
By nature of the scale of the event, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
pose a potential challenge and risk in terms of a Mass Fatality Incident occurring. Not
only will such a global event attract the interest of criminals and terrorists, but the
increased volume of visitors to the capital places substantial extra burdens on transport
and infrastructure.
The London Resilience Team has been liaising with all appropriate agencies involved in
the Olympic Planning process. Additionally a number of exercises have been run to test
Olympic Resilience Capability. The issues for incidents involving contaminated or
uncontaminated fatalities have been outlined in the London Olympic Resilience
Planning Assumptions/ Gap Analyses.
9.1 DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION (DVI)
Responsibility for providing a DVI response lies with the Homicide and Serious Crime
Command Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD) (1). (See Appendix - Restricted.)
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