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Access and egress routes should consider the potential hazards of cables. Routes should either avoid cables, or it may be necessary to release or secure cables and their...

Cables are predominately found in buildings or modes of transport, and may present hazards including: Electrocution Entanglement Hazardous products of combustion Cabling may become...

Emergency arrangements for extrication from cable entanglement should be put in place prior to committing personnel to an environment where cables may present a hazard. If anyone becomes...

Fires in buildings guidance presumes that buildings comply with relevant regulations and will behave within expected parameters. However, poor maintenance, unregulated changes of buildings,...

Knowledge and understanding Hazard Learning outcome Cables Understand all associated hazard knowledge ...

Personnel may need to move a lift car to a safe position, in relation to the landing floor, to allow people to get out of it. Specialist advice may be required if dealing with a type of...

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...

Without fire protection features, fires in buildings under construction or demolition may develop more easily and spread unchecked with little or no warning. Temporary fire protection features may...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Cordon controls   Cordon distances for fires in waste sites should take into account factors such as: The height of...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Cordon controls   Cordon distances for fires in waste sites should take into account factors such as: The height of any...

TRAINING SPECIFICATION Knowledge and understanding Control measure element Learning outcome ...

The definition of tall buildings used in regulations varies by location. However, fire and rescue services, and other agencies, may adopt different terms for tall buildings based on their risk...

Poor conditions underfoot will increase the risk of slips, trips and falls. The terrain may present hazards, either en route to, or at, the scene of operations, including: Uneven or...

It is important to maintain safe access, egress and escape routes for vehicles at all times. The egress and escape routes in particular should be continually assessed throughout the incident to...

When dealing with any fire in buildings under construction or demolition, whatever its size or complexity, the generic control measures for this hazard and the control measures found in National...

Buildings that are unoccupied, derelict or awaiting demolition may be well-secured to prevent trespassing or unauthorised habitation, but may also restrict access and egress. Security measures to...

Animals may become entangled by various items including: Fencing – electric, high tensile electric, barbed wire or razor wire Snares or traps Cattle grids Electric cables ...

Knowledge and understanding Control measure element Learning outcome Control the confined space environment Understand: The need for awareness of: The environment ...

Fire and rescue service activity for the emergency containment of pollutants on or in a watercourse will be limited by the equipment carried, the size of the water body and the practical skills and...

The form of the asbestos and the material that the fibres are mixed with will define the level of hazard. This is defined as either: Lower hazard High hazard Lower hazard ACMs In lower...