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Rechargeable batteries are used in a wide range of contexts. Newer-style high energy density batteries, such as the lithium ion (Li-ion) type, are very common and a growing risk. Services should...

A cordon should be set up around a stacked materials if there is a danger of collapse or of materials falling. The radius of the hazard area should be big enough so that debris from the...

Knowledge and understanding Control measure element Learning outcome Safe system of work: Stacked materials Understand: The actions to be taken when...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Containment of polluting materials   Managing a release of a substance with toxic health hazards will be primarily determined by their...

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...

Type of fire Having established the location of a fire, the incident commander and firefighters will need to give early consideration to the type of fire they are confronted with. Identifying the...

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...

Personnel should have an awareness of the benefits of urban search and rescue (USAR) attendance at this type of incident, as well as an appreciation of the National Co-ordination Advisory...

CBRN(e) terrorism entails the assumption or knowledge, based on intelligence or actual evidence, of actual or threatened dispersal of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear material...

This hazard provides information about an increase in or a lack of control of ventilation, for information regarding fire development or fire loading, please refer to Fire and thermal...

Thatched roofs are constructed from dry vegetation, usually long straw, combed wheat or water reed. The materials are tightly bundled together and attached using spurges, strips of split timber...

The generic control measures for this hazard should be applied when dealing with any fire in a waste site or facility, whatever the size or complexity. This guidance has been written to assist...

Due to the nature of the materials involved in waste site fires, when highly flammable materials or materials that burn easily are present, firespread can be rapid and accelerated. Weather...

The incident commander should consider gathering information gathering from the ship's crew to help identify and locate the fire. Ships crews may also be available to act as wayfinders or...

Radiation is the general term given to the process by which energy is transmitted away from an energy source. The term can be applied equally to heat, light, microwave, radio or atomic sources of...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Cordon controls: Hazardous materials   An unignited vapour cloud at concentrations above its ‘lower explosive limit’ (LEL)...

Hydrology is the science concerned with the properties of water, and especially its movement in relation to land. The study of water movement and its behaviour relating to the topography, allows...

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Knowledge and understanding Control measure element Learning outcome Cordon controls to protect from flammable vapours Understand: Methods to identify flammable vapours ...

Completing incident data logs is ‘core business’ for fire and rescue service control rooms. The incident log is the means for recording or capturing all information specific to an emergency. It...