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Understanding the span of control concept is important when managing a large amount of activity and information. Dividing an incident into sectors may support this by providing a clear reporting...

Unless attending an incidents involving animals, personnel should try to avoid any animals present. If animals cannot be avoided, they may need to be contained or controlled in...

Current and forecast weather conditions should be monitored for any positive or negative impacts on operational activity, and any risks to the health and safety of members of the public, personnel...

The rescue and recovery of firefighters is challenging. Difficult decisions may need to be made. The situation calls for clear judgement, often while struggling to keep emotions under control. If...

There is a legislative requirement for fire and rescue authorities to have effective arrangements for gathering risk information, and to make this readily available to personnel. These arrangements...

If hypothermia is suspected, medical advice should be sought. If the person is conscious and able to, they should be encouraged to keep moving. They should be given warm drinks or high energy...

Manual handling relates to moving items by lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling. For personnel, manual handling may include moving: Firefighting and rescue equipment such as: ...

Animals may be encountered at any incident; their presence and behaviour may have an impact on the incident, or on the emergency responders in attendance. Animals may present hazards such...

The effects of psychological hazards can be as debilitating as a physical injury. Excessive pressure caused by psychological hazards can cause stress, which harms the ability to think,...

Fire and rescue service personnel need to be able to function, while being aware of stress and fatigue. They need to communicate, make critical decisions and process information. They should be able...

Securing the scene and preserving evidence should commence immediately if doing so does not affect safety or the successful conclusion of an incident. Incident commanders should achieve scene...

Comprehensive report writing is a key aspect of gathering information and intelligence at an incident. It is important that reports are accurate, clear and unbiased as they will support further...

The use of command skills by incident commanders is as important as the effective implementation of the incident command system, policies and procedures. Command skills complement these technical...

An incident commander should possess the technical knowledge and command skills to underpin their judgements, decisions and behaviours. This hazard and its control measures draws on research and...

A variety of specialist resources may be required at an incident, either from within the fire and rescue service, external specialist resources or partner agencies. Fire and rescue service...

As it is not possible for an incident commander to have in-depth knowledge of all types of incidents, they may need to request specialist advice from a competent person, subject matter expert (SME)...

The enhanced logistics support officer (ELSO) role is carried out by a National Resilience Assurance Team (NRAT) officer. Their responsibilities include managing enhanced logistics support (ELS)...

It is important that everyone understands the different roles and responsibilities in the command support function. This helps maintain common expectations which feed into shared situational...

As part of the incident command system, any safe system of work should include plans for emergency evacuation and tactical withdrawal of responders; these plans should consider fire and rescue...

Fire and rescue services capture data and information to support their core functions, including: Operations, including fire control room functions Fire safety Emergency planning ...