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This control measure should be read in conjunction with Foundation for environmental protection - Pollution control hierarchy and equipment   If practical and safe to do, and unless there...

Environmental Protection

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Specialist resources   In addition to the environmental protection resources held by fire and rescue services, specialist resources...

Environmental Protection

Use and containment of firefighting foam Using firefighting foam may have an environmental benefit, if the fire can be quickly extinguished and fire water run-off reduced. If procuring...

Environmental Protection

Applying the appropriate firefighting media will, in the majority of fires, involve various techniques or combinations of techniques, equipment and activities undertaken by crews, many of which...

Fires and Firefighting

The fire tetrahedron identifies the four components needed for burning to take place. To extinguish a fire it is largely a matter of depriving the fire of one or more of these factors, so...

Fires and Firefighting

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Respiratory protective equipment   Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is a type of personal protective equipment designed to...

Utilities and fuel

There are many different types of firefighting media and many different ways in which to apply them, depending on the nature of the incident encountered. The media chosen for a given type...

Fires and Firefighting

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Personal protective equipment Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is a type of personal protective equipment designed to protect...

Fires and Firefighting

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Personal protective equipment Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is a type of personal protective equipment designed to...

Fires and Firefighting

It may be appropriate to contain minor spillages by using absorbent materials, such as pads, sheets and booms. Soil, sand and cement all have absorbent qualities and can be used to create improvised...

Environmental Protection

The disposal of polluting materials, including fire water run-off, may be an appropriate action to take for an incident, especially if containment is not feasible. The method used for disposal will...

Environmental Protection

Fire water run-off is a form of polluting material and should be dealt with as such. In order to reduce the amount of polluting material being produced, it may be possible to either recycle the water...

Environmental Protection

If possible, ecological and heritage assets should not be disturbed by fire and rescue service operations. The potential negative impact on ecological and heritage assets should be taken into account...

Environmental Protection

Crash barriers on roadways, also referred to as safety barriers, are designed to prevent vehicles from crossing from one carriageway to the other and to prevent vehicles from impacting or entering...

Transport

Specialist assistance should be requested immediately. A risk assessment should be carried out to determine if it is possible to contain the passengers or cargo of unconventional or specialist...

Transport

General The utility industry uses pipelines extensively to transport products around their sites and for distribution around the UK. Pipelines are considered a safe mode of transport for conveying...

Utilities and fuel

There are many reasons why fire and rescue service personnel, equipment and vehicles may need to go near, on or in floodwater. This includes: The need to go through a flooded area to attend...

Geophysical hazards

In exercising their statutory duties and powers under the relevant and current legislation, fire and rescue services will encounter, and should expect to deal with, fires of various types (as...

Fires and Firefighting

Controlled burning is a defensive operational tactic to prohibit or restrict the use of extinguishing media on fires to allow the combustion process to continue uninhibited. UK law does not...

Fires and Firefighting