Yesterday Leicester’s Mosh Nightclub was the scene of a set of simulated emergency exercises for the club’s management, staff, and security team
The exercise saw the club’s security operatives challenged by four realistic scenarios under the guidance of Leicestershire Police, Leicester Fire and Rescue Service, and National Counter Terrorism Security Office. The initiative, which is part of the UK-wide Operation SENTRY, was led by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Its purpose is to ensure preparedness in the unlikely event of a mass casualty event at a Leicester club.
The emergency exercise is designed for front line security operatives to enable them to put into practice ACT Awareness e-learning as well as the newer ACT Security e-learning. This free e-learning course was designed by government counter-terrorism experts from the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and the SIA. The custom-built training provides up-to-date counter-terrorism knowledge to help security professionals prepare for and respond to terrorist incidents whilst on duty. The counter-terrorism e-learning features specific drills that were showcased yesterday:
This event is aimed to strengthen the resilience of Mosh Nightclub staff and to enable them to test their emergency plan.
Ronnie Megaughin, Head of Compliance and Inspections, said:
Inderjit Singh, the SIA’s Regional Investigator for the East Region, who is leading on the event, said:
The emergency planning exercise at Mosh Nightclub continues a programme of similar exercises and follows on from events in Chesterfield and London in autumn 2021 and Glasgow in April this year. A pilot event took place at Buxton in Derbyshire in October 2019.
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