London Examples

1983 - Harrods Bomb

1987 - King's Cross Fire

1988 - Clapham Train Crash

1994 - Smithfield Cinema Fire

1996 - Docklands Bomb

1999 - Nail Bombings

1999 - Heathrow Chemical Incident

2003 - Chancery Lane Derailment

2005 - July 7th Bombings

2005 - Buncefield Explosion

2008 - Five Hospital Fires

2009 - H1N1 Pandemic Flu

2011 - London Civil Unrest

Over 50 Major Incidents in London

since 1981

-3424 Casualties

-272 Fatalities

There have only been 3 years

since 1981 in which there has

been no Major Incident in London

This is not a case of IF but WHEN

the next incident will occur

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Major Incidents can be ones where casualties

are created requiring the Trust to cope with

significant increases in patients or ones

where the ability of the Trust to function is

compromised such as ICT network failure or

mains water being cut off. The Major Incident

events people remember are those that are

front page news but its the more "mundane"

Business Continuity events that occur more

frequently.