Supporting a Faster and More Effective Response to National Emergencies

Client: UK Home Office

Location: United Kingdom

Scope: Service Support

Status: Ongoing - Awarded 2005

Details:

•A 10-year program in which KBR worked closely with the Home Office and the Police’s Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team to meet needs nationwide by developing a framework agreement which can be used by all UK local authorities.

•Experts and key stakeholders consulted to shape designs for a large-scale 5,000 m² temporary mortuary site, including reception area and cold storage area for bodies, suites for post mortem, evidence and forensics, and area for relatives, plus staff facilities and offices.

•Two-phase rollout identified as best solution. A core mortuary capability of portable PVC and aluminum structures was planned to be created in modules and stored “on the shelf” at a central site - ready to be on the road within three hours. With key structures in place, a second phase rollout from a tightly-managed supply chain can then complete the full facility - including staff offices and facilities - within 72 hours.

•Pre-planning was identified as key to meeting the demand for speed, with short-no-tice contracts agreed with national carriers and labour providers to ensure people and vehicles could be deployed 24/7.

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National Emergency Mortuary Arrangements

(NEMA)

United Kingdom

Client: UK Home Office

Location: United Kingdom

Scope: Service Support

Status: Ongoing - Awarded 2005

•Core emergency mortuary facility procured for Home Office stored and maintained at a KBR facility

•A contingency pool of people established and ready to move at three hours notice

•Short notice framework agreements with national carriers to enable high priority of movement once scrambled

•Short notice framework agreements with labour providers to ensure that temporary augmentation staff can be acquired quickly as and when the need arises

•A high quality and competitive supply chain of subcontractors from the commercial hire market to provide additional equipment for use at short notice, following initial core deployment

•Surveys and guidance offered to local authority planners about appropriate sites in each region for the emergency mortuary to be situated

Details:

•Test exercises have demonstrated a fast and effective response, improving instant investigative, identification and post mortem capabilities after a mass fatality incidentsuites for post mortem, evidence and forensics, and area for relatives, plus staff facilities and offices.

National Emergency Mortuary Arrangements

(NEMA)

United Kingdom