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++UK Olympic Drill
02/22/2012
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AP-APTN-1630: ++UK Olympic Drill Wednesday, 22 February 2012 STORY:++UK Olympic Drill- 2012 Olympics security drill evokes memories of 7/7 bombings LENGTH: 02:17 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/POOL STORY NUMBER: 729219 DATELINE: London - 22 Feb 2012 LENGTH: 02:17 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION 1. Firefighters bring out 'casualty' from Underground station during Olympic anti-terror drill 2. Wide of emergency services outside disused Underground station where drill is taking place 3. Various of 'casualty' being treated on stretcher 4. Man lying on ground being tended to by police 5. Wide of emergency services outside Underground station POOL 6. Interior of Underground station showing 'passengers' being evacuated while firefighters enter AP TELEVISION 7. Man with 'injury' to face 8. Man wrapped in protective blanket 9. Police tend to man lying on ground 10. Wide of emergency services putting 'casualty' on stretcher 11. Woman being taken away on stretcher 12. Wide of emergency vehicles outside disused Underground station 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Howard Collins, Chief Operating Officer, London Underground: "I think we have, obviously since that event (the 2005 London bombings) learned a number of lessons. A lot of investment has happened, not only in the Tube, but (also) in those emergency services, new radio systems, new equipment. So we are going to see all those new things tested today. This is though, one of many test exercises that we've performed over a long period of time, and we continue to test and learn those lessons right up to the (Olympic) opening ceremony on the 27th of July." 14. More police vehicles arrive outside station 15. Bomb squad police officers arrive 16. Pan from police car to black-helmeted bomb squad officer 17. View of emergency services in street outside underground station 18. Intelligence analyst Christian Cullen (red tie) watching drill 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Cullen, intelligence analyst: "We are very concerned at the lack of resources and the numbers of police allocated for the Olympic Games, given the thin spread we witnessed during the five days of huge upheaval and disruption of the riots in August." 20. Wide of emergency services outside Underground station STORYLINE British emergency services staged a huge pre-Olympics security drill on Wednesday, testing their response to a simulated attack on the London Underground system. Police, fire and ambulance crews converged on a disused station in the centre of London, where scores of volunteers played the part of passengers caught up in a bomb blast. For many of the participants, the test evoked memories of the London bombings in 2005 in which 52 commuters were killed. That attack came just one day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games. An official investigation into the 2005 attacks criticised the response of the emergency services, in particular the state of their communications equipment. Howard Collins, chief operating officer of London Underground, said lessons had been learned. "A lot of investment has happened, not only in the Tube, but (also) in those emergency services, new radio systems, new equipment. So we are going to see all those new things tested today," he commented. "This is though, one of many test exercises that we've performed over a long period of time, and we continue to test and learn those lessons right up to the (Olympic) opening ceremony on the 27th of July," he added. However, Christian Cullen from the SIRS (Security Intelligence Resilience Strategy) security consultancy expressed doubt that the emergency services had sufficient resources to deal with a real terrorist attack during the height of the Games. "We are very concerned at the lack of resources and the numbers of police allocated for the Olympic Games, given the thin spread we witnessed during the five days of huge upheaval and disruption of the riots in August," he said. A total of two and a half thousand people took part in the drill, ranging from emergency services and volunteers to government officials and security chiefs. The two-day test, called "Exercise Forward Defensive", started at the Aldwych Underground station, which has been closed to commuters since 1994. The London Underground maintains the station so it can be used in movies and rented for parties. The security simulates an attack on one of the busiest days during the 2012 London Olympics. Authorities declined to reveal the exact scenario in advance, saying surprise is a key element of the exercise. The test was a part of efforts to create confidence ahead of the games, which open July 27 and end August 12. 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