Emergency responder equipment training
Lack of adequate training for emergency responders on the circumstances and importance of using issued recording equipment.
47 items
1 source
13 inquiries
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Inquiry recommendation
99match
MAI-154 - Training on use of recording equipment
The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that training is given to all who are issued with such equipment, on the circumstances in which it should be used and the importance of its use
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terms: equipment, training
Inquiry recommendation
86match
MAI-165 - Ten Second Triage training for frontline staff
The team led by Philip Cowburn has devised a tool that is designed for use by a wide range of emergency responders in a mass casualty situation. It is known as Ten Second Triage. The National Ambulance Resilience Unit, the College of Policing and the Fire Service College should consider as a matter of urgency whether all of...
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terms: emergency, responder, training
Inquiry recommendation
78match
LADB-88 - Ensure unrestricted availability of all standard emergency equipment on passenger trains.
The availability on trains carrying passengers of the items of emergency equipment mentioned in the standard on emergency and safety equipment should be unrestricted (para 14.74).
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terms: emergency, equipment
Inquiry recommendation
70match
MAI-153 - Use recording equipment during exercises
The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that, in the course of exercises, such equipment is used by those who would use it in the circumstances of a real-life incident.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
69match
SP8 - Ambulance staff training exercise funding
NHS England should review funding, and consider providing additional resources, to enable all emergency response ambulance staff to participate in appropriate training exercises.
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terms: emergency, training
Inquiry recommendation
66match
JB-15.17 - Police medic training on catastrophic haemorrhage
Police medic training should emphasise that, in cases of catastrophic external torso haemorrhage, the immediate action is to apply direct pressure and then progress directly to using haemostatic gauze. Chest seals should only be used where there is no evidence of ongoing catastrophic haemorrhage.
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terms: training
Inquiry recommendation
65match
LADB-41 - Utilise simulators for effective signaller training in emergency situations
The use of simulators in providing fully effective training of signallers in dealing with emergencies is endorsed (para 12.15).
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terms: emergency, training
Inquiry recommendation
62match
P1-26 - Equipment for BA communication in high-rise buildings
The LFB urgently take steps to obtain equipment that enables firefighters wearing helmets and breathing apparatus to communicate with the bridgehead effectively, including when operating in high-rise buildings.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
57match
LADB-82 - Test integrating emergency hammers into passenger alarm system for controlled release.
Tests should be carried out into the practicability of building emergency hammers into the passenger alarm system so that they could be released only after an alarm has been activated (para 14.50).
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terms: emergency
Inquiry recommendation
57match
P2-38 - Provide water supply system training to all firefighters
That basic training on the structure and operation of the water supply system, including the different types of hydrants in use and their functions, be given to all firefighters. Training should also be given on effective measures to increase water flow and pressure when necessary. (113.62)
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terms: training
Inquiry recommendation
53match
COVID-M1.8 - Triennial Parliamentary Resilience Reports
The governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each produce and publish reports to their respective legislatures at least every three years on whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience. The reports should include as a minimum: the risks that each government has identified are likely to result in whole-system civil emergencies; the recommendations that have...
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terms: emergency
Inquiry recommendation
53match
FENN-19 - Ensure water gas fire extinguishers are safe near electrical equipment
Water gas fire extinguishers shall be made safe to use in the vicinity of electrical equipment.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
53match
FENN-15 - Modify London Underground fire equipment to London Fire Brigade standards
London Underground fire equipment shall be modified to London Fire Brigade standards and the amount and type of fire equipment in stations agreed.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
53match
CR15 - Joint training exercises plan
HM Coastguard should develop and implement a plan for joint training exercises, to occur at set intervals, with participation by those involved in maritime search and rescue in the English Channel and elsewhere.
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terms: training
Inquiry recommendation
53match
CR10 - Equipment and techniques development
HM Coastguard must continue to liaise with search and rescue partners in the UK and abroad to identify opportunities for the development or deployment of equipment and techniques to assist in search and rescue operations.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
48match
TAYL-F21 - Provide trained personnel and cutting equipment for immediate perimeter fence removal
Suitable and sufficient cutting equipment should be provided by the club at each ground where there are perimeter fences to permit the immediate removal of enough fencing to release numbers of spectators if necessary. Agreement should be reached as to whether the equipment should be used by police, the fire brigade or stewards. Whoever is to use it...
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
48match
TAYL-I40 - Local authorities to specify first aid rooms and equipment for stadium safety certificates
There should be at each stadium one or more first aid rooms. The number of such rooms and the equipment to be maintained within them should be specified by the local authority after taking professional medical advice and should be made a requirement of any Safety Certificate.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
48match
LADB-38 - Provide signallers with emergency stop options and regular situational briefings on use
The instructions for signallers should provide a set of options, including the use of the CSR (where it is available) either to send an emergency stop message to a particular train or a general stop message. This range of options should be supported by full and regularly repeated briefing as to the type of circumstances in which each...
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terms: emergency
Inquiry recommendation
44match
MAI-49 - Review analgesia rollout to HART operatives
If the decision is that the regulatory regime should be altered in this way, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider urgently whether the use of such analgesia should be rolled out to all Hazardous Area Response Team and other specialist operatives, as part of their basic equipment, and to paramedics more generally.
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terms: equipment
Inquiry recommendation
41match
COVID-M3.3 - Fit-Testing Preparedness
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with employers, including health boards and trusts, to review the availability of qualified fit testers and take steps to increase the number of fit testers accordingly. Availability should be reviewed every three years in line with the Inquiry's Module 1 Report (Recommendation 4). The Health...
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Inquiry recommendation
41match
P1-34 - Equip fire services with smoke hoods
All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.
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Inquiry recommendation
41match
COVID-M2.7 - Statutory Child Rights Impact Assessments
The UK government should introduce legislation to place child rights impact assessments on a statutory footing in England. The Northern Ireland Executive should consider an equivalent provision.
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Inquiry recommendation
39match
BAHA-14 - Communicating Sight Deprivation Reasons
JDP 1-10 should include guidance that where practicable CPErS should be told the reason why sight deprivation is being applied. Suitable simple phrases in relation to sight deprivation should be included in mission specific language training.
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terms: training
Inquiry recommendation
36match
P2-37 - Train firefighters on communications loss response
Since radio communications are inherently unreliable in certain environments, we recommend that firefighters be trained to respond appropriately to the loss of communications and to understand how to restore them. (113.61)
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Inquiry recommendation
36match
P1-27 - Command support system operational on all units
Urgent steps be taken to ensure that the command support system is fully operative on all command units and that crews are trained in its use.
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Inquiry recommendation
36match
P1-7 - Equip fire services to receive electronic plans
All fire and rescue services be equipped to receive and store electronic plans and to make them available to incident commanders and control room managers.
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Inquiry recommendation
36match
P2-35 - Consider higher power radios for breathing apparatus
That fire and rescue services that continue to use low power intrinsically safe radios as part of breathing apparatus consider reserving them only for situations in which there is a real risk of igniting flammable gases and generally using radios of higher power, particularly in high-rise buildings. (113.59)
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
SP10 - Police-ambulance terminology interoperability
Merseyside Police and North West Ambulance Service should review the terminology used in their systems and procedures to ensure shared understanding and interoperability. The College of Policing and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should undertake a national review to ensure that police and ambulance services across the country operate with consistent terminology and mutual understanding.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
FENN-31 - Review LFB protective clothing provision, especially gloves, for personnel
The London Fire Brigade shall review the provision of protective clothing for its personnel, and in particular gloves, in the light of the injuries sustained by fire-fighters at King's Cross.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
FENN-20 - Produce and maintain up-to-date station plans in LFB-agreed locations
In agreement with the London Fire Brigade, London Underground shall produce and maintain up-to-date station plans, and place them in boxes it has provided, at locations agreed or specified by the London Fire Brigade.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
P2-39 - Establish water undertaker communication protocols
That all fire and rescue services establish and periodically review an agreed protocol with the statutory water undertakers in their areas to enable effective communication between them in relation to the supply of water for firefighting purposes. (113.63)
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
P2-36 - Provide firefighters with digital radios
That all fire and rescue services give consideration to providing all firefighters with digital radios. (113.60)
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
JB-15.26 - Alternative to life hammer for window entry during armed operations
Consideration should be given by the MPS, Home Office and the NPCC to finding a more suitable solution for smashing windows during the course of an armed operation, so that an officer who is holding a firearm does not need to take their hand off their main weapon to utilise a life hammer.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
MAI-116 - Consider freeze-dried plasma for HART operatives
The Department of Health and Social Care, the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, the College of Paramedics and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider whether all Hazardous Area Response Team operatives should be deployed with freeze-dried plasma and trained in its use.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
MAI-91 - Review analgesia deployment for firearms officers
The College of Policing and Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters should review whether firearms officers should be deployed with analgesia and trained in its use, as part of providing Care Under Fire.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
POPP-A.3 - Home Office to develop more suitable personal radios for police
Early attention should be given by the Home Office Directorate of Telecommunications to consider the practicality of producing a more suitable personal radio for the police.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
TAYL-I43 - Local authorities to specify ambulance numbers for large crowd matches
The number of ambulances to be in attendance for matches where larger crowds are expected should be specified by the local authority after consultation with the ambulance service and should be made a requirement of the Safety Certificate.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
TAYL-I42 - Mandate one fully equipped ambulance at matches with over 5,000 spectators
At least one fully equipped ambulance from the appropriate ambulance authority should be in attendance at all matches with an expected crowd of 5,000 or more.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
TAYL-I41 - Require clubs to employ trained medical practitioners at all matches
The club should employ a medical practitioner to be present at each match and available to deal with any medical exigency at the ground. He should be trained and competent in advanced first aid. He should be present at the ground at least an hour before kick-off and should remain until half an hour after the end of...
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
TAYL-I39 - Require clubs to provide one trained first aider per 1,000 spectators
There should be at each stadium at each match at least one trained first aider per 1,000 spectators. The club should have the responsibility for securing such attendance.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
CR1 - Network flexing risk mitigation
Given the risks associated with HM Coastguard's use of network flexing for small boat search and rescue – whereby its workforce is split between different geographical locations – HM Coastguard must ensure the effectiveness of measures in mitigating them (including the consequent loss of situational awareness) and regularly assess their effectiveness.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
AG-9 - Maximum Continuous Duty Period for AFOs
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing should jointly decide, in the light of independent expert advice, whether there should be a maximum period of time during which authorised firearms officers (AFOs) are permitted to remain on continuous duty and, if so, should ensure that this maximum period is specified in national guidance.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
AG-7 - Recording of Firearms Operations
During post incident proceedings following a police shooting, NPCC should consider the advantages of: Recordings of the communications of firearms commanders and authorised firearms officers (AFOs); And video recordings from the body-worn video cameras of AFOs and police vehicles involved in decisive action.
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Inquiry recommendation
23match
AG-4 - North West Armed Policing SOP Amendment
The North West Armed Policing Standard Operating Procedure on Weapons and Ammunition should be amended so that it only permits the use of new specialist munitions that have been approved in accordance with the Code of Practice for Armed Policing and Less Lethal Weapons.
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Inquiry recommendation
23match
14 - Prohibit handcuffing behind back while seated
The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that all staff are aware that the technique of handcuffing detained people with their hands behind their back while seated is not permitted, given its association with positional asphyxia.
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Inquiry recommendation
18match
LADB-13 - Endorse adoption of defensive driving teaching and practice by TOCs
The adoption by TOCs of the teaching and practice of defensive driving is endorsed (para 9.39).
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Inquiry recommendation
18match
AG-3 - Code of Practice on New Weapons Approval
The Home Secretary should ensure that the new Code of Practice on Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons contains an express prohibition on the use of a new weapon system by the police service until the approval process set out in the Code has been completed.
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