Control measure Site-Specific Risk Information (SSRI)
Control measure Site-Specific Risk Information (SSRI)
TRAINING SPECIFICATION
Knowledge and understanding
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Site-Specific Risk Information Plan |
Refer to Operations training specification |
NOS knowledge and understanding
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Health and safety 2976 |
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Hazards and risks relating to hazardous materials and decontamination affecting people and the environment K
How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K
How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K
Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K
Guidelines, legislation and standard operating procedures that apply when dealing with hazardous materials and decontamination K
Your organisation's systems, tools and procedures for recording information and how to use them K
Types and sources of information about hazardous materials and decontamination and how to access these |
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Health and safety |
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Hazards and risks relating to hazardous materials and decontamination affecting people and the environment K 3
How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K 4
How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K 5
Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk |
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Organisational |
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Guidelines, legislation and standard operating procedures that apply when dealing with hazardous materials and decontamination K 7
Your organisation's systems, tools and procedures for recording information and how to use them K 8
Types and sources of information about hazardous materials and decontamination and how to access these |
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You need to know and understand: 2920 |
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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
How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to type of fires and operational incidents 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 |
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Health & Safety |
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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 |
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Organisational |
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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 |
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Personal and Interpersonal |
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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 |
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Technical |
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K 12
Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents including their capabilities, limitations and safe use K 13
How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to type of fires and operational incidents 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 |
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Health and safety 3028 |
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Hazards and risks of the workplace affecting people and the environment K
How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K
How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K
Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K
Your organisation's policies, procedures, aims and objectives relevant to:
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Your organisation's systems, tools and procedures for recording information and operational incidents and how to use them, including;
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Different types and sources of information about risks and resources and how to access these K
Causes and effects of hazards in your community 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
How different building construction and design can affect fire development K
How to identify safe means of egress in the built environment K
Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K
Personal protective and operational equipment and their limitations, safety and operating instructions K
How to access internal and external resources and support K
How to test and maintain internal resources within the limitations of your role |
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Health and safety |
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Hazards and risks of the workplace affecting people and the environment K 3
How to use risk assessment information to make decisions K 4
How to apply decisions based on the assessment of risk K 5
Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk |
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Organisational |
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K 6
Your organisation's policies, procedures, aims and objectives relevant to:
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Your organisation's systems, tools and procedures for recording information and operational incidents and how to use them, including;
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Different types and sources of information about risks and resources and how to access these |
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Technical |
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K 17
Causes and effects of hazards in your community 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
How different building construction and design can affect fire development K 21
How to identify safe means of egress in the built environment K 22
Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K 23
Personal protective and operational equipment and their limitations, safety and operating instructions K 24
How to access internal and external resources and support K 25
How to test and maintain internal resources within the limitations of your role |
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You need to know and understand: |
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How to access, interpret and provide relevant information, including feedback K
Sources and availability of information |
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Organisational. |
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How to access, interpret and provide relevant information, including feedback K 12
Sources and availability of information |
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Practical application
| Control measure element | Learning outcome |
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Site-Specific Risk Information Plan |
Refer to Operations training specification |
NOS performance criteria
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You must be able to - TO BE ARCHIVED 2947 |
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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:
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Identify risks which may affect the safety of other people or property in line with your organisation's risk assessment guidance P
Work with others including colleagues and other agencies in line with your organisation's communication procedures |
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Minimise damage to the environment from hazardous materials |
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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:
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Support operational incidents |
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Identify risks which may affect the safety of other people or property in line with your organisation's risk assessment guidance P 17
Work with others including colleagues and other agencies in line with your organisation's communication procedures |
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Respond to fire and rescue incidents |
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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:
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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 |
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Respond to fire and rescue incidents 2889 |
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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:
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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 |
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Support people involved in an operational incident |
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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 |
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For the whole standard |
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Operate in a safe manner within your agreed level of responsibility and expertise P 11
Work with others in ways that:
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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 |
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You must be able to - TO BE ARCHIVED 2999 |
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Confirm with others your tasks and duties for collecting information in line with your role and responsibilities P
Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P
Check the accuracy of existing information on actual and potential risks to your community using your organisation's risk assessment guidance and measures P
Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk to yourself in line with your organisation's procedures P
Report anything which affects risks to people, property and the environment to relevant others in line with your organisation's communication procedures P
Check the accuracy of existing information about available resources in your community using local and national capability registers P
Identify features and facilities in the built environment which inform fire and rescue operational intelligence and report these to others in line with your organisation's procedures, including:
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Collect information on risks in your community |
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Confirm with others your tasks and duties for collecting information in line with your role and responsibilities P 2
Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 3
Check the accuracy of existing information on actual and potential risks to your community using your organisation's risk assessment guidance and measures P 4
Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk to yourself in line with your organisation's procedures P 5
Report anything which affects risks to people, property and the environment to relevant others in line with your organisation's communication procedures |
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Collect information on resources in your community |
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Check the accuracy of existing information about available resources in your community using local and national capability registers P 7
Identify features and facilities in the built environment which inform fire and rescue operational intelligence and report these to others in line with your organisation's procedures, including:
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Plan action to meet the needs of the incident |
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Collect information relevant to the known and anticipated risks to people, property and the environment P 4
Develop your objectives through risk assessment |
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You must be able to: |
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Develop your objectives through risk assessment |
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Control measure knowledge
Fire and rescue authorities must make arrangements to obtain necessary information for the purposes of:
- Extinguishing fires and protecting lives and properties from fires in its area (relevant fire and rescue service legislation for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Rescuing and protecting people from harm at road traffic collisions in its area (relevant fire and rescue service legislation for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Dealing with any other emergency function other than fires and road traffic collisions in its area (relevant fire and rescue service legislation for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
UK legislation sets the requirement for site-specific assessment. Collating and disseminating SSRI involves a number of tasks:
- Selecting premises to be inspected
- Assessing the nature and magnitude of the risk
- Considering a proportionate response
- Recording significant findings
- Making sure information is available in a useable form
A site-specific assessment takes account of current legislation on inspection information and includes information on preplanning firefighting tactics.
Tunnels and underground structures
The planned operational response to underground incidents should be sufficient to allow relevant safe systems of work to be implemented.
During any construction process, it will be necessary to review the Site-Specific Risk Information (SSRI) and emergency response plans so that any changes that will affect the existing risk information and guidance can be reflected throughout the project.
Pre-planning should be carried out jointly with other responder agencies that have knowledge of the environment, including volunteer rescue and leisure groups.
Hazardous materials and environmental protection
Fire and rescue services should assess the hazards and risks in their area relating to hazardous materials. This may be site-specific, for example, a factory using acid baths, or it may be generic, for example the local road network carrying hazardous materials.
The plans should also include information on pollution, prevention and control where a risk to the environment is identified at an incident. Although each nature conservation site will have its own environmental damage risks which can be captured with individual operational risk plans, a set of generic action plans will also help to identify generic environmental protection action to be taken in the early stages of an incident. Refer to the Environmental Protection Handbook.
In addition to general site-specific information, the following should be considered:
- Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR)
- Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (MSER), enforcement notices, prohibition notices etc.)
- Notification and Marking of Sites (NAMOS) inspections and information
- British Agrochemicals Safety Inspection Scheme (BASIS) inspections and pre-plans
- The asbestos register
- Significant Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) assessments
- Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) plans and information
- CBRN(E) site-specific plans
Strategic actions
Fire and rescue services should:
Develop criteria for the identification of sites requiring Site-Specific Risk Information
Support the generic information identified for foreseeable risks, which may include a programme to produce Site-Specific Risk Information - the following steps should be taken in achieving this:
- Identify local sites and their risks
- Gain local specialist advice from partner agencies and other organisations
- Consider including salvage and/or disaster plans
- Ensure that familiarisation visits and exercises involving such premises or sites are carried out
- Produce suitable templates to record and capture the relevant information
- Establish a delivery method to present the information in a clear and timely manner
- Schedule reviews and audits for the validity and accuracy of such information
- Embed a quality assurance programme
- Ensure information is made available to operational personnel to help successfully plan for and resolve operational incidents
- Identify specific operational knowledge, skills and understanding, which may need to be incorporated into local training plans
- Develop mutual understandings with building developers, owners and occupiers on the exchange of information about alterations to any parts of a building which may have effect on firefighting operations.
- Ensure communication systems are in place to inform relevant personnel, stakeholders and partner agencies.
- Develop systems and processes to embed a culture of risk information gathering, recording and communication.
- Consider the requirement for the provision of specific equipment and training in relation to buildings identified as specific risks within the area of the service.
- Collate and maintain risk information regarding hazardous materials sites within their area or neighbouring fire and rescue service areas where it is foreseeable that their personnel may be required to respond to hazardous materials incidents
- Include environmental risk information within operational risk plans
Consider introducing operational risk information plans with environmental risk notes for sites of nature conservation that are more susceptible to environmental damage. Where appropriate these plans should include:
- Environmentally safe areas for deployments and movements of fire service resources
- Identification of areas that are susceptible to physical environmental damage
Ensure inaccuracies in risk information are resolved and systems updated post incident
Tactical actions
Incident commanders should:
Access any operational or site specific risk information (SSRI) and confirm accuracy
Consider whether existing information held about premises or locations should be reviewed, or whether there is a need to add a new premises or locations into future pre-planning
- Control measureOperational risk information plan
- Control measureEmergency response plans