Olympic Torch Relay Plan

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Olympics Torch RelayOperational Plan

18th

May to 27th

July 2012


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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Table of Contents................................................................................................. 22 Overview ............................................................................................................... 33 Operational Overview .......................................................................................... 4

3.1 Responding to interference complaints ....................................................................... 4

4 Licensing overview .............................................................................................. 64.1 Licensing Co-ordination .............................................................................................. 7

5 Distribution of Resources ................................................................................... 86 Register of Risk ................................................................................................. 11


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2 OVERVIEW

The torch relay is one of the mandatory ceremonies that LOCOG must host as part of the Host Citycontract. It is therefore a high profile event.

The Olympic Flame will come within 10 miles of 95% of people in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey andJersey.

The torch will stop every night in one of the host local authority where an approximately two-hour long

staged show will be taking place. Each host Local Authority will be invited to programme some local contentto showcase the culture and heritage of the area.

The BBC will broadcast part of the end-of-day ceremony on the local early evening news (around 6:30pm).

Service cover will only be extended to the Torch relay and the evening celebrations will be managed bylocal council resources.

During the Torch Relay, overall responsibility for managing the convoy rests with the LOCOG Senior

Operations manager

The Torch relay will commence on 18th May and finish on the day of the Opening Ceremony, 27th July, atwhich point ownership will pass to the ceremonies team.

The torch will travel 8,000 miles either in relay or in convoy (driving and other modes of transport). Theconvoy will be made of sponsors and broadcasters.

Ofcom will provide the following services to the Torch Relay:


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3 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

3.1 RESPONDING TO INTERFERENCE COMPLAINTS

All interference incidents during the Torch Relay will be reported to the TOC to ensure that they havevisibility of all reported problems. For reported cases between Day 1-63, the TOC will contact theOperations Centre at Baldock to seek assistance from BAU field staff. For reported cases between Day 64-

70, resources from the ADT will be used to investigate interference incidents.

Torch incidents will be managed as non-critical service requests:

Response Time Fix Time

Non-CriticalOperational Period

Critical OperationalPeriod

Non-CriticalOperational Period

Critical OperationalPeriod

Severity 1 5 min 5 min 4 hr 1 hr

Severity 2 15 min 5 min 6 hr 2 hr

Severity 3 1 hr 30 min 2 working days 4 hr


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4 LICENSING OVERVIEW

The torch relays are mandatory ceremonies and fall within the scope of the Governments spectrumguarantees (see also section 10 of this JOP). Other events and celebrations do not fall within theguarantees. We have stated in the Olympic Spectrum Plan that we expect the spectrum requirementsgenerated by the torch relays will not exceed the availability of spectrum used on a day-to-day basis.

Where that spectrum is not available on a UK-wide basis, we will endeavour to minimise the operationalimplications.

LOCOG and Ofcom agree that the special arrangements detailed in this document only apply to a limitedset of requirements. These are defined as:

Comms solution for relay bubble (detail to be defined by Ofcom)

BBC (as host broadcaster) systems covering relay bubble (detail to be defined by Ofcom).

All other requests should be pursued through BAU arrangements. Ofcom will assist with communicatingfrequency requirements to ComReg.

Special arrangements will be required for relay Day 64 (21 July) onwards, where the torch relay entersLondon and becomes subject to Ofcoms/JFMGs coordination arrangements. This will form part of theceremonies plan as detailed in Chapter 10.Cross Border process. The Torch relay route passes very closeto UK/EIRE border.


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4.1 LICENSING CO-ORDINATION

LOCOG cleared for UK/ROI

Band

OSP Centre

Frequency

(MHz)

Base / Mobile

(if

applicable)

Operation

Mode

Base /Mobile

(if

applicable)

Contiguous

Flag

Channel

Bandwidth

(OSP) - MHz

Geographical

Restriction

Duplex

separationOperation Orders

Mid Band 143.31875 Base Duplex 152.16875 YES 0.01250 England / Wales 8.85000 UK 404856/404854



High Band 152.16875 Mobile Duplex 143.31875 YES 0.01250 England / Wales N/A UK 404856/404854



High Band 168.36875 Mobile Simplex N/A NO 0.01250 England / Wales N/A UK 404856/404854High Band 168.38125 Mobile Simplex N/A YES 0.01250 England / Wales N/A UK 404856/404854

High Band 168.63125 Mobile Simplex N/A YES 0.01250 England / Wales N/A UK 404856/404854

High Band 168.68125 Mobile Simplex N/A NO 0.01250 England / Wales N/A UK 404856/404854

BBC cleared in UK but waiting for ROI

Wireless camera - airborneo 5910 MHzo

5920 MHzo Bandwidth 10 MHzo 5W ERP

Wireless Camerao 2505 Mhzo

Bandwidth 10 MHzo 100 mW ERP

Radio Microphoneo 598.9 MHzo

Bandwidth 200 kHzo 50mW ERP


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5 DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES

Resource usage:England South (BAU) England North (BAU) In-Venue (ADT)

Month Date Day Start Finish Celebration Venue Resource

May

19 1 Lands End Plymouth The Hoe, 14 Athenaseum Street, Plymouth Andy Hayes

20 2 Plymouth Exeter Location to be confirmed Andy Hayes

21 3 Exeter Taunton Somerset County Cricket Ground Andy Hayes/Richard Beere

22 4 Taunton Bristol Millenium Square and the Amphitheate, Bristol Richard Beere/Jim Bryant

23 5 Bristol Cheltenham Cheltenham Race Course Jim Bryant

24 6 Gloucester Worcester Location to be determined Jim Bryant/Ian Hubball

25 7 Worchester Cardiff Coopers Field, Cardiff Sara Salim

26 8 Cardiff Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea Pete Alsop

27 9 Swansea Aberystwyth Location to be confirmed Pete Alsop

28 10 Aberystwyth Bangor Vaynol Park, Bangor Pete Alsop

29 11 Beaumaris Chester Location to be confirmed John Livesey

30 12 Chester Stoke-on-Trent Hanley Park, Stoke on Trent Dave Thorber

31 13 Stoke-on-Trent Bolton Spa Road Playing Fields, BoltonDave Thorber/Peter

Butterworth

June

1 14 Bolton Liverpool Pierhead, St Nicholas Place, LiverpoolDave Thornber/Peter

Butterworh

2 15 Douglas, Isle of Man Castletown, Isle of Man No Evening Performance showing

Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson/ Stuart

Lannie

3 16 Belfast Portrush East Strand, Portrush Stuart Lannie

4 17 Coleraine Derry-Londonderry St Columbs Park, Derry Londonderry Stuart Lannie

5 18 Derry-Londonderry Newry Location to be confirmed Stuart Lannie


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6 19 Dublin Belfast Belfast City Hall Live Site with Big Screen Stuart Lannie

7 20 Newcastle Moorfields No Evening Performance showing Jeff Hunter

8 21 Stranraer Glasgow George Square, Glasgow Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

9 22 Glasgow Inverness Northern Meeting Park, Inverness Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

10 23 Kirkwall (Orkney Islands) Lerwick (Shetland Islands) No Evening Performance showing Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

11 24 Stornoway Aberdeen Castle Gate Square, Aberdeen Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

12 25 Aberdeen Dundee Baxter Park, Dundee Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

13 26 St Andrews Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle Esplanade Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson

14 27 Edinburgh Alnwick Alnwick Castle Pastures

Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson/Jeff

Hunter

15 28 Alnwick Newcastle upon Tyne The Quayside Newcastle Jeff Hunter

16 29 Gateshead Durham Durham University Racecourse Jeff Hunter

17 30 Durham Middlesbrough Centre Square, Middlesbrough Jeff Hunter

18 31 Middlesbrough Hull West Park, Hull Jeff Hunter

19 32 Hull York Location to be confirmed Jeff Hunter

20 33 York Carlisle Bitts Park, Carlisle Jeff Hunter

21 34 Dumfries Bowness-on-Windermere The Glebe, Bowness on Windermere

Ian Bunce/Sam Jackson/Dave

Thornber

22 35 Kendal Blackpool The Headland, The PromenadeDave Thornber/Peter

Butterworth

23 36 Lytham St Anne's Manchester Albert Square, 11 Peter Street, City CentreDave Thornber/Peter

Butterworth

24 37 Salford Leeds Temple Newsam, Leeds Dave Thornber/Jeff Hunter

25 38 Leeds Sheffield Barker's Pool and City Centre Jeff Hunter/Phil Mannion

26 39 Sheffield Cleethorpes Meridian Park, Cleethorpes Phil Mannion

27 40 Grimsby Lincoln Yarborough Athletics Ground Phil Mannion

28 41 Lincoln Nottingham Old Market Square, Nottingham Phil Mannion

29 42 Nottingham Derby Darley Park, Derby Phil Mannion

30 43 Derby Birmingham Canon Hill Park, Birmingham Phil Mannion

July1 44 Birmingham Coventry War Memorial Park, Coventry Phil Mannion

2 45 Coventry Leicester Abbey Park, Leicester Phil Mannion


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3 46 Leicester Peterborough The Embankment, Peterborough Phil Mannion Dick Gilbert

4 47 Peterborough Norwich Chapelfield Gardens, Coburg Street Dick Gilbert

5 48 Norwich Ispwich Christchurch Park, Ipswich Dick Gilbert

6 49 Ispwich Chelmsford Hylands Park, Chelmsford Dick Gilbert

7 50 Chelmsford Cambridge Parker's Piece, Cambridge Dick Gilbert

8 51 Cambridge Luton Wardown Park, Luton Dick Gilbert

9 52 Luton Oxford South Park, Oxford Dick Gilbert/Ian Hubball

10 53 Oxford Reading The Madejski Stadium Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

11 54 Reading Salisbury Hudson Fields, Salisbury Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

12 55 Salisbury Weymouth Weymouth Beach Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

13 56 Portland Bill Bournemouth Bournemouth Beach Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

14 57 Bournemouth Southampton Mayflower Park, Southampton Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

15 58 Southampton Portsmouth Southsea Common, Portsmouth Ian Hubball/Steve Hailstone

16 59 Portsmouth Brighton & Hove Brighton Seafront, King's Way Steve Hailstone/Les Viney

17 60 Brighton & Hove Hastings The Stade, Hastings Les Viney/ Steve Hailstone

18 61 Hastings Dover Marine Parade, Dover Les Viney/ Steve Hailstone19 62 Deal Maidstone Location to be confirmed Les Viney

20 63 Maidstone Guildford Stoke Park, Guildford Steve Hailstone

21 64 Greenwich Waltham Forest Chestnuts Showground, London In-Venue resources

22 65 Redbridge Bexley Danson Park, London In-Venue resources

23 66 Lewisham Wandsworth Tooting Bec Common, London In-Venue resources

24 67 Kingston Ealing Location to be confirmed In-Venue resources

25 68 Harrow Haringey Location to be confirmed In-Venue resources

26 69 Camden Westminster Location to be confirmed In-Venue resources

27 70 Hampton Court Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium In-Venue resources


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6 REGISTER OF RISK

Month Date Day Start Finish Celebration Venue Resource Risk

May

19 1 Lands End PlymouthThe Hoe, 14 Athenaseum Street,

PlymouthAndy Hayes(on-standby)

Possible maritime radar/military radar

interference to uWave bands from

ships at sea. High media interest.

20 2 Plymouth Exeter Location to be confirmed

Andy Hayes(on-standby)



ships at sea. High media interest.

21 3 Exeter Taunton Somerset County Cricket GroundAndy Hayes/Richard Beere

22 4 Taunton BristolMillenium Square and the

Amphitheate, Bristol

RichardBeere/Jim

Bryant

Possible maritime radar/military radarinterference to uWave bands from

ships near Bristol.

23 5 Bristol Cheltenham Cheltenham Race Course Jim Bryant



ships near Bristol in morning.

24 6 Gloucester Worcester Location to be determinedJim Bryant/Ian

Hubball

25 7 Worchester Cardiff Coopers Field, Cardiff

Sara

Salim/Pete

Alsop



ships in Bristol Channel.

26 8 Cardiff Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea Pete Alsop




27 9 Swansea Aberystwyth Location to be confirmed Pete AlsopPossible maritime radar/military radar



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28 10 Aberystwyth Bangor Vaynol Park, Bangor

Pete

Alsop/David

Thornber

29 11 Beaumaris Chester Location to be confirmed John Livesey

30 12 Chester Stoke-on-Trent Hanley Park, Stoke on Trent Dave Thornber

31 13 Stoke-on-Trent Bolton Spa Road Playing Fields, Bolton

Dave

Thornber/Peter

Butterworth

June

1 14 Bolton LiverpoolPierhead, St Nicholas Place,

Liverpool

Dave

Thornber/Peter

Butterworh



ships in the river Mersey.

2 15Douglas, Isle of

ManCastletown, Isle

of Man No Evening Performance showing

Ian Bunce/Sam

Jackson/ StuartLannie


interference to uWave bands fromships at sea.

3 16 Belfast Portrush East Strand, Portrush Stuart Lannie



ships near Belfast.

4 17 Coleraine

Derry-

Londonderry

St Columbs Park, Derry

Londonderry Stuart Lannie

Risk of cross border interference from

services in Irish Republic.

5 18Derry-

Londonderry Newry Location to be confirmed Stuart Lannie

Risk of cross border interference from

services in Irish Republic.

6 19 Dublin BelfastBelfast City Hall Live Site with Big

Screen Stuart Lannie



ships near Dublin and Belfast.

7 20 Newcastle Moorfields No Evening Performance showing Jeff Hunter


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8 21 Stranraer Glasgow George Square, GlasgowIan Bunce/Sam

Jackson

9 22 Glasgow Inverness Northern Meeting Park, Inverness

Ian Bunce/Sam

Jackson

10 23

Kirkwall(Orkney

Islands)

Lerwick(Shetland

Islands) No Evening Performance showingIan Bunce/Sam

Jackson

Low risk but possible maritimeradar/military radar interference to

uWave bands from ships.

11 24 Stornoway Aberdeen Castle Gate Square, AberdeenIan Bunce/Sam

Jackson



ships.

12 25 Aberdeen Dundee Baxter Park, DundeeIan Bunce/Sam

Jackson



ships near Aberdeen.

13 26 St Andrews Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Ian Bunce/Sam

Jackson

14 27 Edinburgh Alnwick Alnwick Castle Pastures

Ian Bunce/Sam

Jackson/Jeff

Hunter

15 28 Alnwick

Newcastle upon

Tyne The Quayside Newcastle Jeff Hunter

16 29 Gateshead Durham Durham University Racecourse Jeff Hunter

17 30 Durham Middlesbrough Centre Square, Middlesbrough Jeff Hunter

18 31 Middlesbrough Hull West Park, Hull Jeff Hunter



ships in River Humber .


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19 32 Hull York Location to be confirmed Jeff Hunter



ships in the R. Humber AM.

20 33 York Carlisle Bitts Park, Carlisle Jeff Hunter

21 34 DumfriesBowness-on-

WindermereThe Glebe, Bowness on

Windermere

Ian Bunce/Sam

Jackson/Dave

Thornber

Coverage issues (terrain). Also some

Low level RAF military flights pass over

Lake District (radios in use).

22 35 Kendal Blackpool The Headland, The Promenade

Dave

Thornber/Peter

Butterworth



ships.

23 36

Lytham St

Anne's Manchester

Albert Square, 11 Peter Street, City

Centre

Dave

Thornber/Peter

Butterworth

Passes directly past British Aerospace

at Warton (Military aircraft

factory/aerodrome) A584.

24 37 Salford Leeds Temple Newsam, Leeds

Dave

Thornber/Jeff

Hunter

25 38 Leeds Sheffield Barker's Pool and City Centre

Jeff

Hunter/Phil

Mannion

26 39 Sheffield Cleethorpes Meridian Park, Cleethorpes Phil Mannion

27 40 Grimsby Lincoln Yarborough Athletics Ground Phil Mannion

Convoy passes close to RAF

Waddington (no torch bearers at this

point).

28 41 Lincoln Nottingham Old Market Square, Nottingham Phil Mannion

29 42 Nottingham Derby Darley Park, Derby Phil Mannion

30 43 Derby Birmingham Canon Hill Park, Birmingham Phil Mannion


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July

1 44 Birmingham Coventry War Memorial Park, Coventry Phil Mannion

2 45 Coventry Leicester Abbey Park, Leicester Phil Mannion

3 46 Leicester Peterborough The Embankment, PeterboroughPhil Mannion /

Dick Gilbert

Passes RAF Wittering on the A1

4 47 Peterborough Norwich Chapelfield Gardens, Coburg Street Dick Gilbert

5 48 Norwich Ispwich Christchurch Park, Ipswich Dick Gilbert

6 49 Ispwich Chelmsford Hylands Park, Chelmsford Dick Gilbert

7 50 Chelmsford Cambridge Parker's Piece, Cambridge Dick Gilbert

8 51 Cambridge Luton Wardown Park, LutonDick Gilbert(on-standby)

Possible interference to Luton Airport

from uncoordinated News gathering

trucks.

9 52 Luton Oxford South Park, Oxford

Dick

Gilbert/Ian

Hubball

10 53 Oxford Reading The Madejski Stadium

Ian

Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

11 54 Reading Salisbury Hudson Fields, Salisbury Ian


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Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

12 55 Salisbury Weymouth Weymouth Beach

Ian

Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

13 56 Portland Bill Bournemouth Bournemouth Beach

Ian

Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

14 57 Bournemouth Southampton Mayflower Park, Southampton

Ian

Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

15 58 Southampton Portsmouth Southsea Common, Portsmouth

Ian

Hubball/Steve

Hailstone

16 59 PortsmouthBrighton &

Hove Brighton Seafront, King's Way

Steve

Hailstone/Les

Viney

17 60Brighton &

Hove Hastings The Stade, HastingsLes Viney/

Steve Hailstone

18 61 Hastings Dover Marine Parade, DoverLes Viney/

Steve Hailstone

19 62 Deal Maidstone Location to be confirmed Les Viney

20 63 Maidstone Guildford Stoke Park, Guildford Steve Hailstone

21 64 Greenwich Waltham Forest Chestnuts Showground, London

In-Venue

resources(on-standby)

Increase in media attention

22 65 Redbridge Bexley Danson Park, London

In-Venue




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23 66 Lewisham Wandsworth Tooting Bec Common, London

In-Venue



24 67 Kingston Ealing Location to be confirmed

In-Venue



25 68 Harrow Haringey Location to be confirmed

In-Venueresources(on-standby)


26 69 Camden Westminster Location to be confirmed

In-Venue



27 70Hampton

CourtOlympic

Stadium Olympic Stadium

In-Venue



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