Military personnel are trained in a range of skills which can be applied to emergency and natural disaster response. On top of this we routinely provide specific training for personnel deploying on humanitarian and disaster response operations in the UK and overseas. For example we have provided a specific Ebola treatment course at our base in Catterick for medical personnel deploying to Sierra Leone.<\/p>
<\/p>
Since 2010, military personnel have responded to 10 significant emergencies and natural disasters overseas and six at home. UK personnel have responded to a number of smaller domestic emergencies in the UK under Military Aid to the Civil Authorities - for example, missing person searches. We also respond to a number of smaller emergencies abroad, for example, the Royal Navy takes part in numerous tasks during hurricane season in the Caribbean, under core tasks.<\/p>
<\/p>
We have defined 'significant' emergencies as those operations involving more than one hundred personnel. A list of which is given below. A list of all smaller emergencies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Activity<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humanitarian aid mission response to floods in Pakistan.<\/p><\/td> 2010<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support in severe cold weather in the UK.<\/p><\/td> 2010<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Transport of UK nationals following disruption of air travel by ash cloud from volcanic eruption in Iceland.<\/p><\/td> 2010<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Haiti natural disaster relief<\/p><\/td> 2010<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support to evacuation of British Entitled Personnel from Tripoli, Libya.<\/p><\/td> 2011<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support to security for the 2012 London Olympics<\/p><\/td> 2012<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humanitarian aid response to natural disaster in the Philippines.<\/p><\/td> 2013<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support in response to East Coast flooding<\/p><\/td> 2013<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support to Dept of Communities and Local Government resilience plans to cover fire fighter industrial action.<\/p><\/td> 2013 - Ongoing<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humanitarian support to trapped Yazidi community on Mount Sinjar.<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Search for missing airliner MH370 in the Indian Ocean.<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support to evacuation of British Eligible Personnel from Tripoli, Libya.<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support in response to winter flooding in the UK.<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military support to the Department of Health resilience plans to cover ambulance driver industrial action.<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Military operation to support Nigeria in response to Boko Haram abductions of female students.<\/p><\/td> 2014 \u2013 Ongoing<\/p><\/td><\/tr> UK response to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.<\/p><\/td> 2014 - Ongoing<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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