London Evacuation
Large scale evacuation of the capital would be used only as a last resort, with our aim being to save lives immediately following or before an emergency.
The London Mass Evacuation Plan is designed to be flexible enough to be used anywhere in the capital. The plan has been developed so that we can respond to any eventuality; be it terrorist related, natural disaster, industrial accident or any other emergency that might require the evacuation of part or part(s) of the capital.
The London Mass Evacuation Plan has been developed by the London Resilience Partnership including:
- Metropolitan Police Service
- City of London Police
- British Transport Police
- British Transport Police
- London Ambulance Service
- London Fire Brigade
- Local Authorities
- Transport for London
- Network Rail
- Association of Train Operating Companies
- NHS London
- Government Office for the South East
- Government Office for the East of England
These organisations have worked together to ensure that in the event of an emergency, the responding services are able to move rapidly to facilitate the large scale evacuation of part of Greater London.
The aim of this plan is to provide the agencies that make up the London Resilience Partnership, and relevant responders in neighbouring regions, with a strategic framework and operational guidelines to support an evacuation of an area or areas of London.
The aim of any evacuation is to ensure the movement, as safely as is reasonably practicable, of large numbers of people from places of danger to places of safety.
It is important to remember that evacuation would only be used as a last resort and in most circumstances the best and safest action would be to – go in, stay in, tune in.