Recommendation MAI-90: Firearms officers trained in Care Under Fire
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The College of Policing and Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters should ensure that all firearms officers are trained to understand that, while their primary role in an Operation Plato situation is to neutralise any armed terrorist, their role also involves providing Care Under Fire.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the recommendation was completed, explaining that the armed policing first aid training module had been rewritten to ensure armed officers deliver appropriate first aid during tactical situations with ongoing firearms threats (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). It added in February 2026 that the revised training was launched to forces in winter 2024 for delivery across armed policing teams, and that the work strand was closed via NPCC governance in May 2024 (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026).
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AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
Accepted in full
Delivery
Cabinet Office says completed (27 February 2026)
First Aid Training for Armed Officers - The entire armed policing first aid training module has been re-written to take into account the new First Aid Learning Programme and to ensure armed officers deliver the appropriate first aid skills whilst in a tactical situation and potentially facing an ongoing firearms threat. This revised training was launched to forces in Winter 2024, for delivery across their armed policing teams. This work strand was closed via NPCC Governance May 2024.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
First Aid Training for Armed Officers - The entire armed policing first aid training module has been re-written to take into account the new First Aid Learning Programme and to ensure armed officers deliver the appropriate first aid skills whilst in a tactical situation and potentially facing an ongoing firearms threat. This revised training was launched to forces in Winter 2024, for delivery across their armed policing teams. This work strand was closed via NPCC Governance May 2024.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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