The British Consulate in South Africa have staged a mock major disaster to test responses during the 2010 World Cup.

Staff at the British High Commission in South Africa, along with Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials in London, FIFA and local police took part in the demonstration.

The example scenario focused on a mock bus crash in Pretoria and staff at the British High Commission were informed via a mock TV News report. Around fifteen volunteers were pretending to be English football fans acting as if they were in the bus accident.

Officials have to make sure preparations to provide help to British nationals in the event of a real emergency are as robust as possible.

England's first match will be against the USA and will be played in Rustenburg on 12 June this year.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office staged a similar emergency scenario before the World Cup in Germany in 2006. The World Cup in South Africa will be the first time the World Cup will have been hosted in the African continent in its eighty year history. Source.