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TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Extinguish	Understand: The effects of using large volumes of water on the environment and impact of depleting bodies of water When to contact the relevant environmental agency at incidents The decision-making process when determining to extinguish or implement a controlled burn

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Extinguish

Understand:

The effects of using large volumes of water on the environment and impact of depleting bodies of water
When to contact the relevant environmental agency at incidents
The decision-making process when determining to extinguish or implement a controlled burn

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:
Health and safety 2976
K Safe working practices of your organisation K Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents, their capabilities, limitations and safe use K How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to the hazardous materials incidents K The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment K How to limit damage to property and the environment K How to apply methods and techniques for controlling and containing hazardous materials
Health and safety
K 1 Safe working practices of your organisation K 5 Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk
Technical
K 15 Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents, their capabilities, limitations and safe use K 16 How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to the hazardous materials incidents K 21 The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment K 22 How to limit damage to property and the environment K 23 How to apply methods and techniques for controlling and containing hazardous materials
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 Fire service or other legislation relevant to carrying out search, rescue and casualty care K Record systems specific to your role and their use K Sources and availability of information K Methods and techniques for communicating with others K The importance of treating others with respect and consideration, taking account of, and accepting, diversity K How to recognise and support people in distress K Lines and methods of communication and reporting in the workplace K Roles, responsibilities and limits of authority of self, others and other agencies in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents K Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents including their capabilities, limitations and safe use K Roles and responsibilities within incident command systems K Methods and techniques to control and extinguish fires K Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K Different fire types and fire classes K Different active and passive fire protection systems K Building fire protection systems, features and facilities that contribute to firefighter safety while responding to incidents 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 K How to identify safe means of egress in the built environment K The importance of identifying and preserving evidence at fire and rescue incidents K Different types of evidence relevant to fire and rescue incidents K How to preserve evidence at operational incidents K How to gain access, effect entry and maintain exit routes at fire and rescue incidents K The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment when resolving fire and rescue 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
Organisational
K 4 Fire service or other legislation relevant to carrying out search, rescue and casualty care K 5 Record systems specific to your role and their use K 6 Sources and availability of information
Personal and Interpersonal
K 7 Methods and techniques for communicating with others K 8 The importance of treating others with respect and consideration, taking account of, and accepting, diversity K 9 How to recognise and support people in distress K 10 Lines and methods of communication and reporting in the workplace K 11 Roles, responsibilities and limits of authority of self, others and other agencies in relation to fire and rescue operational incidents
Technical
K 12 Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents including their capabilities, limitations and safe use K 14 Roles and responsibilities within incident command systems K 15 Methods and techniques to control and extinguish fires K 16 Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K 17 Different fire types and fire classes K 18 Different active and passive fire protection systems K 19 Building fire protection systems, features and facilities that contribute to firefighter safety while responding to incidents 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 K 22 How to identify safe means of egress in the built environment K 23 The importance of identifying and preserving evidence at fire and rescue incidents K 24 Different types of evidence relevant to fire and rescue incidents K 25 How to preserve evidence at operational incidents K 26 How to gain access, effect entry and maintain exit routes at fire and rescue incidents K 27 The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment when resolving fire and rescue incidents

Practical application

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Extinguish	Demonstrate the ability to: Request technical advice to establish appropriate extinguishing factors Refer to Fires and firefighting training specification Refer to Hazardous materials training specification

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Extinguish

Demonstrate the ability to:

Request technical advice to establish appropriate extinguishing factors

Refer to Fires and firefighting training specification

Refer to Hazardous materials training specification

NOS performance criteria

You must be able to:
You must be able to - TO BE ARCHIVED 2947
P Select equipment which can be safely used to minimise effects of hazardous materials in line with your organisation's guidelines P Operate equipment in line with its limitations, safety and operating instructions P Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk in line with your organisation's procedures P Provide reports on hazardous materials to relevant others in line with your organisation's procedures, including: 6.1 The type 6.2 Location 6.3 Quantity 6.4 Physical properties P Use agreed methods and techniques to minimise the impact of risk from hazardous materials in line with your allocated tasks and duties at an incident P Work in ways that keep yourself, others, property and the environment safe and free from harm
Minimise damage to the environment from hazardous materials
P 2 Select equipment which can be safely used to minimise effects of hazardous materials in line with your organisation's guidelines P 3 Operate equipment in line with its limitations, safety and operating instructions P 4 Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 5 Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk in line with your organisation's procedures P 6 Provide reports on hazardous materials to relevant others in line with your organisation's procedures, including: 6.1 The type 6.2 Location 6.3 Quantity 6.4 Physical properties P 7 Use agreed methods and techniques to minimise the impact of risk from hazardous materials in line with your allocated tasks and duties at an incident P 8 Work in ways that keep yourself, others, property and the environment safe and free from harm
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 4 Use agreed methods and techniques to control and reduce fire in line with your agreed tasks and duties at an incident 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 Use agreed methods and techniques to control and reduce fire in line with your agreed tasks and duties at an incident 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 Provide support to others at incidents in ways which promote calm, compassion and consideration for others P Restrict the view of incidents to avoid additional suffering 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 Work with others in ways that: 11.1 Encourages cooperation 11.2 Supports common understanding 11.3 Promotes a positive image of your organisation P Preserve evidence to meet the needs of investigations in line with your organisation's procedures P Inform relevant others when people's possessions and property are identified P Return equipment and resources after use and make sure they are secured and stored in line with your organisation's procedures P Keep accurate records and provide these to others in line with your organisation's requirements
Support people involved in an operational incident
P 7 Provide support to others at incidents in ways which promote calm, compassion and consideration for others P 8 Restrict the view of incidents to avoid additional suffering in line with your organisation's procedures 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 11 Work with others in ways that: 11.1 Encourages cooperation 11.2 Supports common understanding 11.3 Promotes a positive image of your organisation P 12 Preserve evidence to meet the needs of investigations in line with your organisation's procedures P 13 Inform relevant others when people's possessions and property are identified P 14 Return equipment and resources after use and make sure they are secured and stored in line with your organisation's procedures P 15 Keep accurate records and provide these to others in line with your organisation's requirements

Control measure knowledge

Fire service high volume pumps, fixed installation pumps or pumps secured from a third party supplier can be used to provide water for firefighting. When using this type of equipment or when large volumes of water are being pumped, the appropriate environment agency must be informed. As well as containing run-off, care should be taken not to draw too much water because this can threaten water supplies and damage ecosystems.

Strategic actions

Fire and rescue services should:

Develop procedures that incorporate the use of high volume pumps for incidents that will require large volumes of water to extinguish
Liaise with local environment agencies, local authorities' statutory resilience forums to identify and formulate plans for sites that are likely to produce significant smoke plumes/require large amounts of water to extinguish if involved in fire. See National Operational Guidance: Operations. Identify foreseeable risk
Have procedures in place for the safe decontamination of high volume pumping equipment after use. See the following sections of the Environmental Protection Handbook:
- 1.6.6 Protocol for disposing of contaminated water and associated wastes at incidents
- 2.12.1 High volume pump decontamination

Tactical actions

Incident commanders should:

Seek technical advice - for instance, from a Hazardous Materials Advisor (HMA) or product specialist before deploying a high volume pump
Complete an environmental risk assessment before deploying a high volume pump
Notify the local environment agency each time a high volume pump is used or where large volumes of water are being pumped
Consider the use of local environment agency pumps for incidents that are likely to be significantly protracted
Consider the decontamination of high volume pumping equipment after use

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Controlled burning
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Removal or separation

Environmental protection

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Extinguish

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Extinguish

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

NOS knowledge and understanding

Practical application

NOS performance criteria

Control measure knowledge

Strategic actions

Tactical actions