MTA

Question 1

What is an MTA ?

Answer 1

Marauding terrorist attack

Fast moving violent where assailants move through a location aiming to find and kill or injure as many people as possible

Question 2

Response standards for an MTA

Answer 2

6 HART operatives
Minimum of 35 complaint sort staff on shift trust wide
Minimum of 30 sort staff to be allocated within hour

Question 3

What is OP PLATO

Answer 3

National identifier of an MTA, only police can declare it

Question 4

How would deployment work for an MTA

Answer 4

Allocated job or sent to RVP (rendezvous point)

At RVP don ballistic kit and form teams

On command move to FCP (forward command point) if established. Go through an entry control whether it be formal or rudimentary

Question 5

What MTA equipment do you need

Answer 5

Treat and triage bag - bands, tourniquets, pressure dressings

Spare kit bag - black

Extrication devices - smart extracts, skeg, mega mover

Question 6

What is an FIO

Answer 6

Forward incident officer - hart or sort operative. Provides links between command and deployed resources

Question 7

The SORT team composition

Answer 7

FIO
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Team leader
2nd command
Responder
Responder

Question 8

What happens at the forward command point

Answer 8

Located on warm/cold border
This is last port of call before entering

Commanders here should be: on scene commander, tactile advisor, entry control officer

Receive IIMARCH briefing here in person or over radio

Make sure armed police with you before moving forward

Question 9

What is an LoE?

Answer 9

Limit of exploitation

Furthest point to which emergency responder will operate within HOT/WARM zone

Can have roaming LoE also