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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...

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...

Although the health service has primacy for public decontamination, the fire and rescue service (FRS) is acknowledged as being the most capable emergency service due to its provision at an...

The pre-determined and structured MD process has a statutory requirement to contain water, unlike unstructured or initial operational response (IOR) decontamination, where every effort should...

The type of decontamination will be based on several factors: The level and type of personal protective equipment (PPE) (structural firefighting PPE, liquid-tight or gas-tight chemical...

Decontamination procedures should be in place before fire and rescue service personnel enter the risk area. However, there may be situations where either the decontamination procedure has not...

The equipment used by fire and rescue services for decontaminating personnel may be suitable for decontaminating other emergency responders. Decontamination methods should be designed around...

When dealing with domestic quantities of polluting materials, it may be appropriate to dilute them with a sufficiently large volume of water if other control measures are unsuitable. High...

There are strict controls on transporting hazardous waste. Fire and rescue services do have dispensation in exceptional, life-saving circumstances. For more information refer to: ...

Any hazardous materials incident has the potential to produce waste. This may either be the hazardous material itself, equipment used to clean up the spillage, deal with the hazardous material...

Fire and rescue service appliances and equipment, used or deployed outside of the hazard area, should be available for return to service once the mass decontamination (MD) response to the...

The requesting fire and rescue service is responsible for the management of solid and liquid waste generated by the decontamination of body bags (DBB) process. The quantity of waste that will...

UK fire and rescue services attend around 300 significant fires in waste sites each year. Fires occur at waste sites that are permitted or licensed by environmental agencies, that have an exemption...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Containment of polluting materials   There are four principal ways of dealing with spills/releases of corrosives: Contain for...

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...

Removing materials from properties may be necessary to gain access, protect egress and ensure a fire has been extinguished. Large volumes of materials may cause external areas to become...

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...

While the responsibility for mitigating the environmental impact and subsequent site cleaning rests with the owner or occupier of the premises, every effort must be made within the operational...

Attendance of investigators If any investigator has been assigned to the incident, the incident commander should liaise with them and provide a briefing on the location, condition, level of hazard...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Firefighter decontamination   For generic information on decontamination, See National Operational Guidance: Hazardous materials...