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Identify compartmentation

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Strategic actions

Fire and rescue services should:

Provide operational personnel with risk information about current construction or demolition sites if available

Tactical actions

Incident commanders should:

Liaise with the responsible person (or appointed competent person) to establish the status of compartmentation
Consider referring to building plans if available
Consider carrying out reconnaissance to establish the extent of or lack of compartmentation
Gather information from personnel deployed internally
Look for signs of compartmentation or of fire stopping that has been damaged or removed

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Identify compartmentation	Refer to Fires in buildings training specification

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:
You need to know and understand: 2920
K Hazards and risks of the workplace affecting people and the environment in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents K How to make and apply decisions based on the assessment of risk in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents K How to apply practices that maximise the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others during fire and rescue operational incidents K Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K Different active and passive fire protection systems K Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K How different building construction and design can affect fire development
Health & Safety
K 1 Hazards and risks of the workplace affecting people and the environment in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents K 2 How to make and apply decisions based on the assessment of risk in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents K 3 How to apply practices that maximise the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others during fire and rescue operational incidents
Technical
K 16 Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K 18 Different active and passive fire protection systems K 20 Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K 21 How different building construction and design can affect fire development

Practical application

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Identify compartmentation	Refer to Fires in buildings training specification

NOS performance criteria

You must be able to:
Respond to fire and rescue incidents
P 1 Confirm with relevant others your tasks and duties in relation to fire and rescue incidents in line with your role and responsibilities P 2 Establish key factors about fire and rescue incidents and inform others in line with your organisation’s procedures, including: 2.1 Extent 2.2 Nature 2.3 Location P 3 Establish risks affecting fire and rescue incidents in line with your organisation’s risk assessment procedures P 5 Operate within appropriate risk control measures in line with your organisation's procedures P 6 Use resources, equipment and personal protective equipment at fire and rescue incidents in line with their limitations, safety and operating instructions
Respond to fire and rescue incidents 2889
P Operate within appropriate risk control measures in line with your organisation's procedures P Use resources, equipment and personal protective equipment at fire and rescue incidents in line with their limitations, safety and operating instructions P Report anything which may adversely affect people's safety to others in line with your organisation's procedures
Support people involved in an operational incident
P 9 Report anything which may adversely affect people's safety to others in line with your organisation's procedures

Control measure
Seek specialist advice: Fires in buildings under construction or demolition
Control measure
Identify and investigate concealed spaces