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Exercise Northstar V was a large scale emergency preparedness exercise conducted in Singapore on 8 January 2006. It involved 22 agencies and 2,000 emergency personnel. The exercise involved a simulated terrorist bomb attack on four MRT stations and one bus interchange. There were 500 mock casualties suffering from "injuries" caused by the "explosions" as well as chemical agents. The exercise is the largest civil emergency exercise ever staged in the country. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The following lists all rail stations of the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore, with underground stations listed in italics. ...
Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy. ...
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Exercise Northstar V is part of the counter-terrorism effort in Singapore, aiming to test the readiness, effectiveness and coordination of the relevant agencies in responding to civil emergency, in particular a large scale multi-location terrorist attack. The exercise also aimed to raise the psychological preparedness of the public in the event of a terrorist attack. Counter-terrorism in Singapore is a series of measures implemented in Singapore aiming to detect and prevent potential terrorism acts and to minimize damages should they occur. ...
The exercise is prompted by the recent terrorist attacks on public transport in other countries, namely the London subway bombings on 7 July 2005 and the Madrid train bombings on 11 March 2004, which raise security concerns in public infrastructure. Singapore was the target of the foiled plan by Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb embassies and other installations. The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
The scene of one of the Madrid bombings. ...
The Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the diplomatic missions and attack personnel of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel in Singapore and several other targets in Singapore. ...
Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic terrorist organization dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ...
The scenario of the exercise is similar to the London bombings with near-simultaneous bomb blasts in the trains and a bus. Earlier, officers from the Singapore Police Force were sent to London to study the British responses to the bombings. The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF; Malay: Polis Repablik Singapura; Chinese: æ–°åŠ å¡è¦å¯Ÿéƒ¨é˜Ÿ) is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. ...
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The public were pre-warned that the exercise would be held during a weekend in January 2006 and the participating agencies were given as many as six months to prepare. However, the exact date, time and locations of the exercise were not disclosed until 15 minutes before the drill commenced.
Conduct of the exercise The exercise started at 6:25 am local time on 8 January 2006, a Sunday, and lasted about three hours. To avoid public panic, announcements were made at the affected train stations as well as on television and radio, just before the exercise began. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mock explosive devices were detonated near-simultaneously in subway trains and station platforms at four MRT stations ([[Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station|Dhobygvj gui8uy9ibomb was also placed at the Raffles Place MRT Station. About 3,400 commuters who were on board the subway trains were evacuated during the drill. Services at 13 MRT stations were temporarily disrupted and roads within the vicinity were also closed to traffic. Shuttle buses were used to ferry commuters affected by the exercise. The following lists all rail stations of the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore, with underground stations listed in italics. ...
Exterior view of Raffles Place MRT Station Ticketing faregates in Raffles Place South Bound Train platform at Raffles Place Station Raffles Place MRT Station (EW14/NS26) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore. ...
Thunderflashes, smoke generators, and fire simulators were used to simulate the explosion and 500 simulated casualties were deployed to test emergency rescuers at the scene. These mock casualties carried tags to provide paramedics information on the extent of their injuries and these includes injuries related to bomb blasts, such as open wounds and burns. There were also some with injuries related to chemical agents. Dummy mannequins were also used to simulate casualties. 7 hospitals and 2 polyclinics were also involved in the drill as they received the mock casualties. In two hospitals, Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, healthcare workers donned decontamination suits as they prepared to treat victims of chemical agents suspected to be sarin gas. The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is the largest and oldest hospital in Singapore; its foundation can be traced back to 1821. ...
The Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) is the second largest hospital in Singapore after the Singapore General Hospital, but its accident and emergency department is the busiest in the country largely due to its geographically centralised location. ...
Decontamination is the process of cleansing to remove contamination, or the possibility (or fear) of contamination. ...
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Officers from the London Metropolitan Police and the British Transport Police, including Chief Constable Ian Johnston, were present to observe the exercise and to provide feedback to the authorities. The Metropolitan Police Service (usually just referred to as the Metropolitan Police or the Met) are the police of Greater London, England, with the exception of the square mile of the City of London, which has its own police force, the City of London Police. ...
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Participating agencies The agencies involved in the exercise are: - Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
- Housing and Development Board (HDB)
- Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)
- Internal Security Department (ISD)
- Land Transport Authority (LTA)
- Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
- Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
- Ministry of Health (MOH)
- Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)
- Ministry of Transport (MOT)
- National Environment Agency (NEA)
- People’s Association (PA)
- Public Utilities Board (PUB)
- SBS Transit Ltd (SBS Transit)
- SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT)
- Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
- Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
- Singapore Police Force (SPF)
- Singapore PowerGas
- Singapore PowerGrid
- Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
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