Fire Service
Recommendations related to fire service
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recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
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Establish independent College of Fire and Rescue
We welcome the government’s ambition to create an independent College of Fire and Rescue expressed in the white paper Reforming our Fire and Rescue Service and we therefore recommend that …
College to have permanent staff and training facilities
Although it is for the government to decide how the college should be constituted, we recommend that it should have a permanent staff of sufficient size to manage its operations …
Consider higher power radios for breathing apparatus
That fire and rescue services that continue to use low power intrinsically safe radios as part of breathing apparatus consider reserving them only for situations in which there is a …
Provide firefighters with digital radios
That all fire and rescue services give consideration to providing all firefighters with digital radios. (113.60)
Train firefighters on communications loss response
Since radio communications are inherently unreliable in certain environments, we recommend that firefighters be trained to respond appropriately to the loss of communications and to understand how to restore them. …
Provide water supply system training to all firefighters
That basic training on the structure and operation of the water supply system, including the different types of hydrants in use and their functions, be given to all firefighters. Training …
Establish water undertaker communication protocols
That all fire and rescue services establish and periodically review an agreed protocol with the statutory water undertakers in their areas to enable effective communication between them in relation to …
Consider guidance on firefighter initiative deviations
That National Fire Chiefs Council consider whether, and if so in what circumstances, firefighters should be discouraged from departing from their instructions on their own initiative and provide appropriate training …