Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space

Underground and London Transport property. To help them discharge their duties they
attend the regular Operational & Safety Planning Group meetings.
2.9.5 London Buses (TfL) is principally responsible for continuity and safe running of bus
services to and from the area. To help them discharge their duties they attend the
regular Operational & Safety Planning Group meetings from time to time.
2.9.6 London Underground Limited is principally responsible for continuity and safe running
of the underground train services to and from the area and for the management of
pedestrian movement within LUL property. To help them discharge their duties they
attend the regular Operational & Safety Planning Group meetings.
2.9.7 Transport for London (TfL) have strategic overview of all transport in Greater London.
No TfL managed roads are used for Carnival, though some are affected and Carnival’s
affect on the transport system spreads by road to Barnet in the north and Hammersmith
& Fulham in the west and all the major interchange rail and bus stations. They have no
direct responsibility for public safety at Carnival (other than through agent departments
above), but contribute to signage. They could have a liability if these direct the public
in the wrong direction or set up a conflict with existing signage. As part of their
strategic role for the capital and to assess the impact of Carnival on the transport
network, to help them discharge their duties they attend the regular Operational &
Safety Planning Group meetings with the statutory authorities.
2.9.8 London Ambulance Service is principally responsible for: co-ordination of First Aid
facilities (principally St. John Ambulance); contingency planning for hospital services;
and any request through the emergency (‘999’) response service. To help them
discharge their duties they attend the regular Operational & Safety Planning Group
meetings.
2.9.9 St John’s Ambulance Service is principally responsible for First Aid services on site, they
co-ordinate their on site activities through LAS to ensure continuity of patient care off
site. To help them discharge their duties they attend the regular Operational & Safety
Planning Group meetings.
2.9.10 London Fire and Emergency Planning Service is principally responsible for: ensuring
that its Operational Response service delivery standards are maintained; ensuring that
its Operational Planning service delivery standards are maintained; and providing Fire
Safety strategies (including on the day inspections of trading pitches). To help them
discharge their duties they attend the regular Operational & Safety Planning Group
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2.10 In 1997 and 1998, Professor Jonathan Rosenhead and Tom Horlick-Jones of the Department
of Operational Research at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
undertook a detailed study of the Carnival planning and decision-making process. In their
resulting report 50 , they provide a useful overview and analysis of the public safety planning and
decision-making process:
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“A Safer Carnival: A Global Risk Management for Council Services”, Special Events Group, City of Westminster (August 2002),
pp11-14.
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“Decision support for organisational risk management by problem structuring”, Tom Horlick-Jones, Jonathan Rosenhead, Ion Georgiou,
Jerry Ravetz and Ragnar Lofstedt, Health, Risk & Society, Vol.3, No. 2, 2001.
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