Control measure

Incident commanders should:

Restrict the number of personnel in hazard or restricted areas
Record all access and egress into and out of the inner cordon, for fire and rescue service personnel and other agencies
Brief all personnel entering the risk area on hazards and restricted areas
Confirm the emergency evacuation procedure and signal
Take external specialist advice from, for example:
- The responsible person or site specialist
- Environmental agency
- Public health agency
- Police
- Local authority
- Industry experts

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Establish scene safety by implementing cordons and control measures	Understand: Signals used by waste sites and emergency services The benefits of advice from on-site specialists The increased risk of collapsed stacked materials at incidents involving waste sites Suitable cordons to manage potential stacked material collapse How to identify prohibited areas at waste sites Refer to Incident command training specification: Establish appropriate cordon controls Structuring an incident

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Establish scene safety by implementing cordons and control measures

Understand:

Signals used by waste sites and emergency services
The benefits of advice from on-site specialists
The increased risk of collapsed stacked materials at incidents involving waste sites
Suitable cordons to manage potential stacked material collapse
How to identify prohibited areas at waste sites

Refer to Incident command training specification:

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 Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents
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 20 Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Establish scene safety by implementing cordons and control measures	Demonstrate: How to establish a cordon, appropriate for the risk at waste sites Refer to Incident command training specification: Establish appropriate cordon controls Structuring an incident

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Establish scene safety by implementing cordons and control measures

Demonstrate:

Refer to Incident command training specification:

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 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
Respond to fire and rescue incidents 2889
P Operate within appropriate risk control measures in line with your organisation's procedures P Report anything which may adversely affect people's safety to others in line with your organisation's procedures P Operate in a safe manner within your agreed level of responsibility and expertise P Keep accurate records and provide these to others in line with your organisation's requirements
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
For the whole standard
P 10 Operate in a safe manner within your agreed level of responsibility and expertise P 15 Keep accurate records and provide these to others in line with your organisation's requirements

Fires in waste sites