30 June 2015

London Ambulance Service is today involved in a major exercise to test the emergency services and government response to a terrorist attack in central London.

More than 140 operational and support staff alongside specialist London Ambulance Service teams will be testing their emergency medical response to this kind of incident.

Director of Operations, Jason Killens, said: “Our response involves getting to the scene as quickly as possible and assessing, triaging and treating any patients there.

“In a real life situation we would also be taking these patients to the most appropriate hospital for their care.

“We have specialist teams who receive specialist training to work at the scene of mass casualty firearms attacks. The specialist kit includes ballistic vests, helmets and personal protective equipment."

This operation, which has been planned for over six months, has been developed jointly by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Home Office. Over 14 different organisations and agencies are taking part.

Jason said: "We regularly carry out live exercises to test our plans about how we and the other services would respond to an incident like this.

"This exercise will also test our tactical response including working with our emergency services partners and other parts of the NHS.”

A full debrief will be carried out after the exercise to make sure that any learning is properly captured.

For More info contact:

Communications Department

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

220 Waterloo Road

London SE1 8SD

Phone: 020 7783 2286

Corporal Johnathan Galway assists in setting up a Headquarters Shelter System in preparation for Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability 22-02, February 26, 2022.

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Le caporal Johnathan Galway prête main-forte lors de l’installation d’un système d’abri pour le quartier général en vue de l’exercice Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability 22-02, le 26 février 2022.

Photo : Caporale Angela Gore, Forces armées canadiennes

A Canadian Army member drives the boat while Belgian and French soldiers cover the arcs of fire while on a reconnaissance mission in Comox Lake, British Columbia on February 17, 2016 during Exercise ROGUISH BUOY 2016.

Photo: Sgt Yannick Bédard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

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Un membre de l’Armée canadienne conduit l’embarcation tandis que des militaires belges et français assurent la couverture des arcs de tir lors d’une mission de reconnaissance au lac Comox, en Colombie Britannique, le 17 février 2016, au cours de l’exercice ROGUISH BUOY 2016.

Photo : Sgt Yannick Bédard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes

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A Royal Navy Commando waits in a RIB (rigid inflatable boat) during an amphibious landing as part of Exercise Baltops 2016.

Members of the Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, participate in Exercise LETHAL WEAPON in order to prove the new concept of adding anti-armour capabilities to the MRZR to greatly increase the battlefield efficiency of light infantry battalions. The Exercise took place, in Petawawa, Ontario, 31 May 2023.

Please credit: Private Jennifer Froome, Canadian Armed Forces Photo

Des membres du 3e Bataillon, Royal Canadian Regiment, participent à l’exercice LETHAL WEAPON visant à mettre à l’épreuve le nouveau concept d’ajout de capacités antiblindés aux véhicules MRZR afin d’accroître considérablement l’efficacité des bataillons d’infanterie légère sur le champ de bataille. Cet exercice s’est déroulé à Petawawa, en Ontario, le 31 mai 2023.

Photo : Soldate Jennifer Froome, Forces armées canadiennes

Members of Belize Defence Force and participating nations parade during the Exercise TRADEWINDS closing ceremony in Belize City, Belize on May 20, 2022.

Photo: Cpl Alevtina Ostanin - Visual Communications Support (VCS) , Canadian Armed Forces Photo

Major Ken Ip looks over a casualty simulation dummy during Exercise COLLABORATIVE CANUK at Canadian Forces Base Kingston on September 13, 2015.

Photo: Cpl Mark Schombs 4 CDSB Garrison Petawawa Imaging

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Le major Ken Ip examine un mannequin servant à la simulation de blessures durant l’exercice COLLABORATIVE CANUK à la Base des Forces canadiennes Kingston, le 13 septembre 2015.

Photo : Cpl Mark Schombs, Service d’imagerie de la garnison de la BS 4 Div C Petawawa

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Des Chalands de Transport Maritimes (véhicules amphibies) transportent des membres du 1er Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment avec leurs Véhicules Blindé Léger, du Navire de la Marine Française, Le Mistral, aux berges de la Ville de Gaspé, Québec, pendant l'Exercise Lion Mistral 2014, le 20 juin 2014.

Photo: Cplc Patrick Blanchard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes

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IMP Aerospace technician Andrew Duff guides the tail rotor assembly onto the central fuselage of a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter on April 21, 2014, at Lima airport, Peru. In order to carry the helicopter onboard a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft, Mr Duff and a team of IMP technicians were charged with the safe and effective partial disassembly, load, unload and reassembly of the Cormorant to take part in Exercise Cooperación III, a humanitarian relief exercise involving 13 countries, including Canada.

Photo: Capt Trevor Reid, 19 Wing Public Affairs

Andrew Duff, technicien en aéronautique de chez IMP, oriente le rotor de queue d’un hélicoptère CH149 Cormorant de façon à le raccorder au tronçon central du fuselage, le 21 avril 2014, à l’aéroport de Lima (Pérou). Afin que l’hélicoptère puisse être transporté à bord d’un avion CC177 Globemaster, M. Duff et une équipe de techniciens d’IMP avaient été chargés du démontage partiel, du chargement, du déchargement et du réassemblage efficaces et sécuritaires de l’appareil, en vue de l’exercice d’aide humanitaire Cooperación III auquel participent 13 pays, dont le Canada.

Photo : Capt Trevor Reid, Affaires publiques de la 19e Escadre

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Sailors aboard Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter work together below decks to load ammunition into the main gun aboard the ship during a naval gunnery exercise as part of NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018 on October 25, 2018. Photo: Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2)

30 June 2015

London Ambulance Service is today involved in a major exercise to test the emergency services and government response to a terrorist attack in central London.

More than 140 operational and support staff alongside specialist London Ambulance Service teams will be testing their emergency medical response to this kind of incident.

Director of Operations, Jason Killens, said: “Our response involves getting to the scene as quickly as possible and assessing, triaging and treating any patients there.

“In a real life situation we would also be taking these patients to the most appropriate hospital for their care.

“We have specialist teams who receive specialist training to work at the scene of mass casualty firearms attacks. The specialist kit includes ballistic vests, helmets and personal protective equipment."

This operation, which has been planned for over six months, has been developed jointly by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Home Office. Over 14 different organisations and agencies are taking part.

Jason said: "We regularly carry out live exercises to test our plans about how we and the other services would respond to an incident like this.

"This exercise will also test our tactical response including working with our emergency services partners and other parts of the NHS.”

A full debrief will be carried out after the exercise to make sure that any learning is properly captured.

For More info contact:

Communications Department

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

220 Waterloo Road

London SE1 8SD

Phone: 020 7783 2286

Royal Canadian Navy Clearance Divers walk down the pier to off load diving gear during Exercise TRADEWINDS 22 in Belize City, Belize on 9 May 2022.

Please credit: MCpl Matthew Tower, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo

Caribbean Task Force divers, including Royal Canadian Navy Clearance Divers prepare their kit for training during Exercise TRADEWINDS 22 in Belize City, Belize on 9 May 2022.

Please credit: MCpl Matthew Tower, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo

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Des plongeurs de la Force opérationnelle dans les Caraïbes, composée notamment de plongeurs démineurs de la Marine royale canadienne, préparent leur équipement en vue de l’entraînement au cours de l’exercice TRADEWINDS 22, à Belize City, au Belize, le 9 mai 2022.

Photo : Cplc Matthew Tower, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes

Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.

Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.

Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.

The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Canadian Armed Forces engineers and Italian troops conduct an amphibious exercise using the Italian Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV-7) from Santa Margarida to Almourol Castle, Portugal, via the Tejo River during JOINTEX 15 as part of NATO’s Exercise Trident Juncture 15 on October 23, 2015.

Photo: Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

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Des ingénieurs des Forces armées canadiennes et des soldats italiens prennent part à un exercice amphibie à bord du véhicule d’assaut amphibie (VAA-7) italien, de Santa Margarida à Almourol Castle, au Portugal, en passant par le fleuve Tage, lors du JOINTEX 15, dans le cadre de l’exercice Trident Juncture 15 de l’OTAN, le 23 octobre 2015.

Photo : Caporal chef Jonathan Barrette, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes

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Warrant Officer Mike Kase (right) and 2nd Lieutenant Eric Simmons of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) at a defensive position during Exercise STALWART GUARDIAN on August 27, 2015 at Garrison Petawawa, ON.

Photo: 32 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs

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L’adjudant Mike Kase (à droite) et le sous lieutenant Eric Simmons du Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) sont en position défensive au cours de l’exercice STALWART GUARDIAN, le 27 août 2015, à la Garnison Petawawa, en Ontario.

Photo : 32e Groupe brigade du Canada – Affaires publiques

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U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load onto U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft from the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Jan. 27, 2015, during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise. Five hundred paratroopers were airdropped onto Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Ga., from five C-17 transport aircraft 18 hours after notification. As the nucleus of the nation's Global Response Force, the 82nd Airborne Division provides a strategic hedge for combatant commanders with a responsive, agile and operationally significant response force that is flexible in size and composition to accomplish missions anywhere in the world. Air Mobility Command's participation also illustrates the critical partnership between Mobility Air Forces and the U.S. Army by exercising Joint Forcible Entry: the capability of rapidly introducing forces into hostile environments to conduct operations—whether combat or humanitarian support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marvin Krause)

Members of 39 Combat Engineer Regiment (39 CER) construct a permanent ACROW bridge for Canadian Forces Detachment (CFD) Masset as part of Exercise HAIDA SAPPER in Masset, British Columbia, 24 September 2021.

Photo: Private Daniel Pereira, 39 CBG Public Affairs, Canadian Armed Forces photo

Opening ceremony with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko

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Lieutenant (Navy) Kristopher Hicks from the Canadian Armed Forces trains multinational divers during Exercise TRADEWINDS 2022 in Belize City, Belize on May 8, 2022.

Photo: Corporal Mitchell Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces photo

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Le lieutenant de vaisseau Kristopher Hicks, des Forces armées canadiennes, entraîne les plongeurs des divers pays durant l’exercice TRADEWINDS 2022 à Belize City, au Belize, le 8 mai 2022.

Photo : Caporal Mitchell Paquette, photo des Forces armées canadiennes

Representatives from the 23 participating nations in Exercise TRADEWINDS 2022 salute the Belizean Prime Minister, Honourable John A. Briceño, during the opening ceremony in Belize City, Belize on May 7, 2022.

Photo: Corporal Mitchell Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces photo

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Des représentants des 23 nations participant à l’exercice TRADEWINDS 2022 saluent le premier ministre bélizien, l’honorable John A. Briceño, durant la cérémonie d’ouverture à Belize City, au Belize, le 7 mai 2022.

Photo : Caporal Mitchell Paquette, photo des Forces armées canadiennes

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC Force Protection team mans the .50 cal machine gun during a mock enemy attack during Exercise JOINT WARRIOR on October 9, 2020.

Photo by: S1 Louis-Philippe Dubé, Canadian Armed Forces

Des membres de l’équipe de protection de la force du NCSM VILLE DE QUEBEC utilisent la mitrailleuse de calibre .50 lors d’une attaque ennemie simulée dans le cadre de l’exercice JOINT WARRIOR, le 9 octobre 2020.

Photo : Mat 1 Louis-Philippe Dubé, Forces armées canadiennes

Reservists from Montreal Territorial Battalion Group participate in winter warfare training in Laval, Quebec during Exercise QUORUM NORDIQUE on January 23, 2016.

Photo: Cpl Myki Poirier-Joyal, St-Jean Imaging Section

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Des réservistes du Groupe-bataillon territorial de Montréal participent à une formation à la guerre hivernale, à Laval, au Québec, au cours de l’exercice QUORUM NORDIQUE, le 23 janvier 2016.

Photo : Cpl Myki Poirier-Joyal, Section d’imagerie St-Jean

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Corporal Marcus Dowling of The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) provides security during a simulated medical scenario during Exercise STALWART GUARDIAN on August 27, 2015 at Garrison Petawawa, ON.

Photo: 32 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs

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Le caporal Marcus Dowling du Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) assure la sécurité lors d’un scénario médical simulé, au cours de l’exercice STALWART GUARDIAN, le 27 août 2015, à la Garnison Petawawa, en Ontario.

Photo : 32e Groupe brigade du Canada – Affaires publiques

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Lieutenant (Navy) Kristopher Hicks, Canadian Armed Forces dive training lead, trains divers participating in Exercise TRADEWINDS in Belize City, Belize on May 8, 2022.

Photo: Cpl Alevtina Ostanin, Visual Communications Support (VCS), Canadian Armed Forces photo

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Le lieutenant de vaisseau Kristopher Hicks, chef de l’entraînement en plongée des Forces armées canadiennes, forme des plongeurs prenant part à l’exercice TRADEWINDS à Belize City, au Belize, le 8 mai 2022.

Photo : Cpl Alevtina Ostanin, Soutien des communications visuelles, photo des Forces armées canadiennes

Colonel Darcy Molstad, Commander of the Air Task Force for RIMPAC 2016 poses for a photo in front of a McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) (S/N 188783) before a training mission during RIMPAC 2016 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 29, 2016.

Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) conduct a joint training exercise in Manchester.

The scenario involved emergency services coming under attack while dealing the aftermath of a road traffic collision.

The exercise – one of a series – is intended to ensure the services can work together effectively to deal with dangerous situations.

For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website. www.gmp.police.uk

To report crime call police on 101 the national non-emergency number.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Reservists from Montreal Territorial Battalion Group participate in winter warfare training in Laval, Quebec during Exercise QUORUM NORDIQUE on January 23, 2016.

Photo: Cpl Myki Poirier-Joyal, St-Jean Imaging Section

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Des réservistes du Groupe-bataillon territorial de Montréal participent à une formation à la guerre hivernale, à Laval, au Québec, au cours de l’exercice QUORUM NORDIQUE, le 23 janvier 2016.

Photo : Cpl Myki Poirier-Joyal, Section d’imagerie St-Jean

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An American Globemaster drops troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team during Exercise ORZEL ALERT in Blendowska desert region, Poland, on May 5th, 2014.

Photo Jacek Szymanski DNPA/CF Combat Camera

Des soldats de la 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team se laissent tomber d’un Globemaster américain durant l’exercice Orzel Alert, dans la région du désert de Błędów, en Pologne, le 5 mai 2014.

Photo : Jacek Szymanski DAPM/Caméra de combat des FC

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Members from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5CMBG) and members from 4e Régiment de Chasseurs (Gap, France), participate in a familarization exercise with a C7 rifle in a training are at CFB Valcartier during Exercise RAFALE BLANCHE on January 13, 2015.

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Des membres du 5e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada (5 GBMC) et des membres du 4e Régiment de Chasseurs de Gap, en France, participent à un exercice de familiarisation au fusil C7 à la BFC Valcartier, dans le cadre de l’exercice RAFALE BLANCHE, le 13 janvier 2015.

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The Saxonburg Hunt hounds, the huntsman and the whipper-in

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My attempt at a quick character head-drawing exercise developed by @Shaun_Bryant (on Twitter). You can find him on You Tube under the channel name Shaun Bryant Art. My theme for this exercise was Fictional Characters' New Year's Resolutions. Basically, he gives you head shapes and you try to quickly draw characters using those shapes.

Canadian Armed Forces engineers and Italian troops participate in an amphibious exercise, using the Italian Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV-7) from Santa Margarida to Almourol Castle, Portugal, during JOINTEX 15 as part of NATO’s Exercise Trident Juncture 15 on October 23, 2015

Photo: Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

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Des ingénieurs des Forces armées canadiennes et des soldats italiens participent à un exercice amphibie et se rendent à Almourol Castle, au Portugal, depuis Santa Margarida, à bord d’un véhicule d’assaut amphibie (VAA-7) italien, au cours de JOINTEX 15, dans le cadre de l’exercice Trident Juncture 15 de l’OTAN, le 23 octobre 2015.

Photo : Caporal chef Jonathan Barrette, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes

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Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.

Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.

Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.

The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

A 1st Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadet receives orders during the Field Training Exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 15, 2019. | Photo by Dustin Massengill, CST Public Affairs

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MCpl Logan MacLean of the Princess Louise Fusiliers in Halifax NS clears the snow and ice from a hand powered ice auger to drill into the 4 feet of ice to make an ice fishing hole on February 19th in the mouth of the Churchill River near 5 Wing Goose Bay in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland Labrador. .

Photo by WO Jerry Kean.

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Simulated opposing force members advance toward a defensive position occupied by members of the Canadian Army Reserve, 4th Canadian Division, during Exercise STALWART GUARDIAN on August 26, 2015 at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario.

Photo: 32 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs

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Des membres des forces d’opposition simulées avancent en direction d’une position défensive occupée par des membres de la Réserve de l’Armée canadienne provenant de la 4e Division du Canada, au cours de l’exercice STALWART GUARDIAN, le 26 août 2015, à la Garnison Petawawa, en Ontario.

Photo : 32e Groupe brigade du Canada – Affaires publiques

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Estonian Police and specialist Police Kommando units practice hostage rescue drills .in Tallinn as part of Exercise Siil (Hedgehog), 04 May 2018. NATO photo by SSgt Dan Bardsley GBRA OR7

8/24/2012 - Amber Turek, a 96th Test Wing firefighter, attacks the simulated fire at the rear of the truck during a Nuclear Accident Response Exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 22. Eglin agencies, including first responders, were evaluated on their reactions and responses to a vehicle explosion carrying nuclear material. Turek, was selected as the 2012 Air Force Materiel Command civilian firefighter of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

The first stage of a simulated terrorist attack at intu Trafford centre finished this morning.

The exercise, codenamed Exercise Winchester Accord, began at midnight on Monday 9 May 2016 at intu Trafford Centre. Greater Manchester Police officers and other emergency services, including Merseyside Police, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service, were deployed in the staged exercise, to test and evaluate the emergency services response to a major terrorist incident.

The first stage of the exercise at intu Trafford Centre took place whilst the centre was closed to the public, and ran from midnight and into the early hours.

Over the following two days the exercise will continue in locations in the North West, including Redbank Community Home, in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside on Wednesday 11 May 2016.

Assistant Chief Constable Rebekah Sutcliffe said: “Stage one of the exercise finished this morning and will continue until Wednesday.

“Residents in the area may have heard loud noises and noticed emergency services around intu Trafford Centre in the early hours of this morning and I would like to thank them for their patience whilst this first stage of the exercise took place.

“Our priority is to stop terrorists from planning and orchestrating attacks and with exercises like this, we can put our response to the test in a safe environment, so we are fully prepared for a time when it may be critical.

“I want to make it clear that this is not linked to any specific terror threat or attack, but is an opportunity for us to make sure we are in the best position possible, should a terrorist attack happen in the North West.

“I would like to thank everyone who took part in the exercise and intu Trafford Centre for following us to use their centre. Their support in the planning of this exercise demonstrates their commitment to test their response to a major incident and protect their staff and customers.”

Richard Paxton, General Manager of intu Trafford Centre, said: "This exercise was a unique opportunity to test both intu Trafford Centre and the emergency services’ working practices on such a large scale. It was a great success and a worthwhile experience for everyone involved.”

Any suspicious activity or behaviour can be reported to police via the confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline by calling 0800 789 321. Extremist or terrorist content online can be reported at www.gov.uk/report-terrorism.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.

Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.

Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.

The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.