Tour de France 2014

The Tour de France is upon us!

Embarking from Cambridge and travelling through Essex to London, the event on Monday (7^th July) is expected to bring huge number of visitors to the region and is likely to create travel problems across the two counties, with several road closures in place from Sunday evening onwards.

Staff working in the affected areas will be given briefing packs at the beginning of the shift which will contain maps of the area, road closure details and information about where emergency services vehicles can pass the route if necessary. These can also be accessed on East24, or by clicking the links below (please be aware that you'll only be able to access these from a Trust computer as they are not to be shared outside the Trust).

• Command and control coordination: EEAST command, control and coordination for the Tour de France
• IIMARCH briefing: EEAST briefing ahead of the Tour
• Cambs ELAPs: The emergency local access points (ELAPs) for Cambridge
• ELAP sectors three and four: The emergency local access points (ELAP) points for sectors 3 and 4 (Essex)
• ELAP instruction and flow chart: Full emergency and local access points (ELAPs)
• Ops response in Cambridge: Flow chart for operational response to Cambridge or areas affected by the Tour de France route
• SJA response and request for assistance: Flow chart for SJA response and request for assistance from EEAST in Cambridge or areas affected by the Tour
• Stewards request for assistance: flow chart for stewards receiving a request for medical help from the public

To see the road closures in and around Cambridge visit the council website; to view road closures and the route in Essex visit the specific Tour website.

We could see an increase in 999 calls given the amount of people coming into our area to watch the race and extra resources have been put on to help deal with an increase in demand and to ensure we can maintain to good service to our patients.

We will also have additional staff in the control rooms to help with resource deployment, a full command and control structure in place, and our cycle response unit will be providing assistance at the event itself.

Members of the public who are planning to watch the race from one of the vantage points on the route are being advised to take sun-cream and plenty of water in the case of nice weather, and police have warned people to be extra vigilant of pickpocketers in crowds.

Published 3rd July 2014