Activity 7.5
Read
Textbook:	Carter, Chapter 17, pp. 255‑258.
Watch Video 
Take a moment now to watch an excerpt from the video presentation, “A coordinated response to disaster – The Clapham rail crash”.

The Clapham Rail Crash that occurred in the United Kingdom on 12th December 1988. The investigation highlighted the importance of determining roles and responsibilities before events occur and how familiarity between agencies and their respective roles and responsibilities can positively impact on the management of the event. On the 12th December 1988, two passenger trains carrying over 1500 people collided just outside one of Britain’s major rail junctions, Clapham Junction in west London. A third empty train then collided with the two trains. The result was 35 dead, 69 seriously injured and about 415 minor injuries. The response involved British Rail, the London Transport Police, London Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Department of Health, Wandsworth Borough Council, Salvation Army, St John Ambulance, Women’s Royal Voluntary Services, British Association for Immediate Care, St Georges Hospital. This was one of the UK’s worst rail disasters and required a massive coordinated response by all involved.

Having completed these Readings and sections from your textbook and watched the short video, you should now be able to identify some of the tasks and associated roles and responsibilities that need to be undertaken in the response to a disaster/emergency event.
What I would now like you to do is complete the table for this activity in the Activity Table document provided below. Complete the first column first. When you have identified all the agencies and organisations who had roles and responsibilities in response to your selected emergency/ disaster event, then complete column 2, column 3 and then the final column. When you have completed the task, save your work to your Learning Portfolio. This activity will assist you in analysing the roles and responsibilities of major agencies and organisations during the impact phase of your selected event.

Roles and Responsibilities of Organisations in Response to an Emergency/Disaster Event

Selected Emergency/Disaster Event:

Identify the organisations/ agencies which responded to your selected emergency/disaster event	Explain each agency’s role and responsibilities in responding to your selected event	Identify where their respective roles and responsibilities are documented. i.e. legislation, plans, agreements, policies, MOU etc.	Comments, Strengths, Weaknesses in the Allocation and Undertaking of Roles and Responsibilities