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Use and containment of firefighting foam Using firefighting foam may have an environmental benefit, if the fire can be quickly extinguished and fire water run-off reduced. If procuring...

​Decision-making is essential to the development and implementation of an incident plan. Incident plans are formed out of a number of decisions beyond deciding what will be done, including how it...

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...

Stress is caused by a mismatch between the demands placed on an individual and their ability to cope. Incident commanders are exposed to a variety of potential sources of stress, including stressors...

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...

Fire and rescue authorities need to meet their legislative requirements with regard to health and safety, and discharge their duties safely and effectively. Health and safety management should be...

Following an incident, fire and rescue services should perform debriefs, investigations and use the assurance process for operational incidents to identify learning, which can: Improve public...

Due to the wide range of contexts that fall under the term 'industry', various terms are used in this guidance to describe those contexts. This list shows examples of the types of industry that are...

Managing and supervising personnel on the incident ground is an essential part of the safe system of work. The incident command system supports the management of resources at an incident. The...

An incident ground is an operational workplace and the law requires fire and rescue services to assess and reduce the risk to personnel as far as is reasonably practicable. As well as this duty of...

Specialist resources 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. For...

Good interpersonal communication skills are essential for effective incident command; communication is the tool used by commanders to facilitate many aspects of their role. Interpersonal...

A team may be defined as two or more people with clearly defined roles temporarily working together interdependently toward achieving a common goal that exceeds individual or organisational...

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 aim at every incident is to integrate communications and decision-making between the incident commander, operational personnel and fire control rooms. Effective communication is fundamental to...

Communication of the tactical mode is a way of recording a decision by the incident commander on the completion of their risk assessment and determination of the incident plan. It indicates the...

Occupational competence is defined as the ability to consistently achieve the stated outcome of workplace performance. Competence and training policies should be established for the roles of all...

This control measure should be read in conjunction with Risk assessment at an incident   In normal circumstances there is no defence against a breach of environmental protection legislation...

This 'context guidance' provides details of common hazards found in industry. Other hazards found in specialist industries may need to be considered when fire and rescue services develop their...