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Equipment

Recommendations about firefighting equipment

22 recommendations 95% accepted

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Government Response
Accepted (20)
Accepted in Part (1)
Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 4 inquiries

Across 4 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

22 total
CR10 Response Pending Cranston Inquiry

Equipment and techniques development

HM Coastguard must continue to liaise with search and rescue partners in the UK and abroad to identify opportunities for the development or deployment of equipment and techniques to assist …

HM Coastguard
P1-17 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Electronic FSG recording and display systems

Electronic systems be developed to record FSG information in the control room and display it simultaneously at the bridgehead and in any command units.

- NFCC accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it (NFCC Response, 2020). - The government's Phase 1 progress report stated this recommendation is complete, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P1-24 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Direct control room to incident commander communications

The LFB develop a communication system to enable direct communication between the control room and the incident commander and improve the means of communication between the incident commander and the …

- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - LFB Commissioner stated …
London Fire Brigade
P1-25 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Investigate modern control room to bridgehead communications

The LFB investigate the use of modern communication techniques to provide a direct line of communication between the control room and the bridgehead, allowing information to be transmitted directly between …

- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - LFB Commissioner stated …
London Fire Brigade
P1-26 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Equipment for BA communication in high-rise buildings

The LFB urgently take steps to obtain equipment that enables firefighters wearing helmets and breathing apparatus to communicate with the bridgehead effectively, including when operating in high-rise buildings.

- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - LFB Commissioner stated …
London Fire Brigade
P1-27 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Command support system operational on all units

Urgent steps be taken to ensure that the command support system is fully operative on all command units and that crews are trained in its use.

- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - LFB Commissioner stated …
London Fire Brigade
P1-31 Accepted in Part Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Require evacuation alarm systems in high-rise buildings

All high-rise residential buildings (both those already in existence and those built in the future) be equipped with facilities for use by the fire and rescue services enabling them to …

- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - Statutory …
UK Government
P1-34 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Equip fire services with smoke hoods

All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.

- NFCC accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it (NFCC Response, 2020). - The government's Phase 1 progress report stated this recommendation is complete, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P1-7 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Equip fire services to receive electronic plans

All fire and rescue services be equipped to receive and store electronic plans and to make them available to incident commanders and control room managers.

- NFCC accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it (NFCC Response, 2020). - The government's Phase 1 progress report stated this recommendation is complete, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P2-35 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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 …

- NFCC accepted this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services in February 2025, stating it is surveying services on current BA radio …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P2-36 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Provide firefighters with digital radios

That all fire and rescue services give consideration to providing all firefighters with digital radios. (113.60)

- NFCC accepted this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
MAI-49 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Review analgesia rollout to HART operatives

If the decision is that the regulatory regime should be altered in this way, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider urgently whether the use of such analgesia should be …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
National Ambulance Resil… Security Industry Author…
MAI-109 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Review stretchers on Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles

The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should review whether stretchers should be carried on National Capability Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles.

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "Completed" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February 2026). …
National Ambulance Resil… Department of Health and…
MAI-110 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Guidance on event first aid equipment

The Department of Health and Social Care should consider issuing guidance on the first aid equipment that event providers should have available on the relevant premises, as well as where …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
Department of Health and…
MAI-113 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Public Access Trauma kits equipment requirements

The Department of Health and Social Care should take steps to ensure that Public Access Trauma kits contain the equipment that is necessary to enable first responder interventions to be …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
Department of Health and…
MAI-115 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Guidance on equipment for warm zone interventions

The Department of Health and Social Care, the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, the College of Paramedics and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider issuing guidance on how to ensure …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
National Ambulance Resil… Department of Health and…
MAI-130 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Public Access Trauma kit availability

The Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care should consider how to ensure Public Access Trauma kits are available in all locations where they are most likely …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
Home Office Department of Health and…
MAI-153 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Use recording equipment during exercises

The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that, in the course of exercises, such equipment is used by …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
College of Policing Fire Service College National Ambulance Resil… Home Office
MAI-154 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Training on use of recording equipment

The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that training is given to all who are issued with such …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
College of Policing Fire Service College National Ambulance Resil… Home Office
MAI-19 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Provide recording equipment to control room personnel

Consideration should also be given by those organisations to the provision of such equipment to key personnel within control rooms.

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "In progress" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February …
MAI-88 Accepted Manchester Arena Inquiry

Review Arena healthcare equipment provision

SMG should review its approach to the provision of healthcare service equipment at the Arena to ensure that adequate equipment is always available

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as accepted in full with delivery status "Completed" (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February 2026). …
SMG
JB-15.26 Accepted Jermaine Baker Inquiry

Alternative to life hammer for window entry during armed operations

Consideration should be given by the MPS, Home Office and the NPCC to finding a more suitable solution for smashing windows during the course of an armed operation, so that …

- The Metropolitan Police Service stated on 28 October 2022 that MPS firearms officers no longer use a glass hammer, and that each officer had …
Metropolitan Police Serv…