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23 March 2024

Approved change request content uploaded

The Operations guidance originally contained some content that is now incorporated in the Fire Control guidance. A change request was approved and the revised content has now been uploaded to the website. This affects the guidance and the training specification for:

  • Hazard: Calls from or about persons at risk – Now titled Incidents involving people at risk
  • Control measure: Provide survival guidance – Now titled Survival guidance for people at risk

A PDF of the change request showing all tracked changes can be accessed on Workplace.

Corporate guidance for operational activity

23 March 2024

Updates have been made to various sections of the Operational Guidance (Corporate guidance for operational activity, Fires in buildings, Fires in buildings under construction or demolition and Height, structures and confined spaces) to reflect the change in wording from premises information boxes to secure information boxes.

This follows the legislative changes included in The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. Information about this change can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/fact-sheet-secure-information-box-regulation-4

Search, rescue and casualty care

22 March 2024

Approved change request content uploaded – Electrical injuries

A gap in the Operational Guidance was recognised and has been addressed by creating a new hazard, Electrical injuries, with a link to the Utilities and fuel hazard, Electricity.

This is accompanied by a new control measure, Treat a casualty with electrical injuries, which includes links to relevant existing control measures for elements of casualty care. It also provides links to the existing Utilities and fuel control measures for Safe system of work: Low-voltage electricity and Safe system of work: High-voltage electricity.

1 February 2024

Extrication In Trauma

Following on from recent changes published to the guidance, resulting from a request for content to reflect the Extrication In Trauma (ExIT) Strategy, we have now updated the accompanying training specification. A quality assurance check was carried out on the guidance; this has resulted in some further minor changes in the control measure knowledge, with some adjustment to the strategic and tactical actions.

Further information is provided in a recent Workplace post: https://nationalfirechiefs.workplace.com/groups/NFCCAllStaff/permalink/3743298659239276/

Hazardous materials

26 February 2024

  • Following on from recent changes to the Hazardous materials guidance due to the updated IOR for CBRN JOPs, we have now published the accompanying training specification. A further quality assurance check was carried out on the guidance; this has prompted some minor changes in the guidance, mostly terminology and errors, but with some adjustment to the strategic and tactical actions. Further information is provided in a recent Workplace post.
  • https://nationalfirechiefs.workplace.com/groups/NFCCAllStaff/permalink/3740695096166299/

Transport

26 February 2024

Approved change request content uploaded

Hazard – Compressed air systems – minor wording change to remove unnecessary examples about where the systems may be found and expand to all modes of transport

Control measure – Safe system of work: Aircraft evacuation slides – control measure knowledge requires expanding, with supporting strategic and tactical actions updated

Hazard – Military aircraft – hazard knowledge section about liquid oxygen requires minor wording change to provide more accurate information about the presence of liquid oxygen

Control measure – Cordons: Moving vehicles on roadways – control measure knowledge requires more information about which fire and rescue vehicles can be used for ‘in-line’, ‘fend-off’ or ‘fend-in’ purposes

Control measure – Roadways: Identify alternative fuel vehicles – control measure knowledge requires minor wording change, with supporting strategic and tactical actions updated