Emergency responder equipment training
Lack of adequate training for emergency responders on the circumstances and importance of using issued recording equipment.
51 items
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14 inquiries
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Emergency responder equipment training has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
51 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (51) — showing 50 strongest matches
86 — Survival suits and life-jackets
Recommendation: The use of small transmitters or detectors on life-jackets in order to assist in the finding of personnel in the dark should be considered. Luminescent strips should be of a colour other than orange (paras 20.33-34).
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85 — Personal survival equipment for each person
Recommendation: Each individual on board an installation should be provided with:- (i) a personal survival (or immersion) suit; (ii) a life-jacket; (iii) a smoke hood of a simple filter type to exclude smoke and provide protection for at least 10 minutes …
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COVID-M3.3 — Fit-Testing Preparedness
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 3 report (CP 1664), 14 September 2026
Gov response: The government agrees with the Inquiry that guidance to employers should emphasise the need to ensure sufficient fit-testing capacity is available. The Health and Safety Executive intends to update its Pandemic preparedness and response guidance …
Accepted
P1-34 — Equip fire services with smoke hoods
Recommendation: All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.
Words of: HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), presented to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 26 February 2025
Gov response: The government accepted in principle all the Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to swift and decisive action …
Accepted
P1-26 — Equipment for BA communication in high-rise buildings
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), presented to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 26 February 2025
Gov response: The government accepted in principle all the Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to swift and decisive action …
Accepted
JB-15.17 — Police medic training on catastrophic haemorrhage
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: Andy Walker, Head of Delivery, Uniformed Policing, College of Policing, for the College and NPCC Armed Policing, in a letter to Abigail Scholefield, Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry, 27 October 2022
Gov response: The College of Policing publishes and licences the First Aid Learning Programme (FALP) used by police forces. The programme is endorsed by the NPCC and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). FALP is made up …
Noted
COVID-M2.7 — Statutory Child Rights Impact Assessments
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to the Covid-19 Module 2 Report March 2026, 18 March 2026
Gov response: Remains under consideration Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) are welcomed as a useful tool in embedding the rights of children in strategic planning, policy making and decision making. Their use is already encouraged across government …
Not accepted
COVID-M1.8 — Triennial Parliamentary Resilience Reports
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: UK Government (Cabinet Office), UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report (CP 1240), January 2025
Gov response: The government agrees with the importance of transparency and ensuring that the wider public sector, private sector and the general public have an understanding of not only the risks that the UK faces but also …
Accepted in part
MAI-165 — Ten Second Triage training for frontline staff
Recommendation: 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 …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
MAI-154 — Training on use of recording equipment
Recommendation: 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 …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
MAI-153 — Use recording equipment during exercises
Recommendation: 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 …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
96 — Special training for fast rescue craft crews
Recommendation: The coxwain and crew of fast rescue craft should receive special training for their duties, along with regular refreshers (para 20.55).
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SP8 — Ambulance staff training exercise funding
Recommendation: NHS England should review funding, and consider providing additional resources, to enable all emergency response ambulance staff to participate in appropriate training exercises.
Words of: HM Government, Government Response to Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry (CP 1623), presented to Parliament by the Home Secretary, 2 July 2026
Gov response: NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) are the lead organisations, working with the Emergency Resilience Unit. Progress and next steps: - Work will be carried out to define the required …
Accepted
LADB-88 — Ensure unrestricted availability of all standard emergency equipment on passenger trains.
Recommendation: 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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LADB-82 — Test integrating emergency hammers into passenger alarm system for controlled release.
Recommendation: 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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P2-38 — Provide water supply system training to all firefighters
Recommendation: That is a clear indication of a need for better training and we therefore recommend 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 …
Words of: National Fire Chiefs Council, its acceptance as printed in HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), 26 February 2025
Gov response: The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) accepts this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services. NFCC has reviewed the national operational guidance and is surveying fire and rescue services to establish what additional …
Accepted
P2-37 — Train firefighters on communications loss response
Recommendation: 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)
Words of: National Fire Chiefs Council, its acceptance as printed in HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), 26 February 2025
Gov response: The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) accepts this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services. NFCC has reviewed the content of national operational guidance and is surveying fire and rescue services to establish …
Accepted
P1-27 — Command support system operational on all units
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), presented to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 26 February 2025
Gov response: The government accepted in principle all the Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to swift and decisive action …
Accepted
P1-7 — Equip fire services to receive electronic plans
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), presented to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 26 February 2025
Gov response: The government accepted in principle all the Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to swift and decisive action …
Accepted
80 — Launching TEMPSC clear of the installation
Recommendation: The regulatory body should work with the industry to develop equipment and methods to enable TEMPSC to be launched clear of the installation including where, as on existing installations, they are oriented so as to point along the side of …
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SP10 — Police-ambulance terminology interoperability
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: HM Government, Government Response to Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry (CP 1623), presented to Parliament by the Home Secretary, 2 July 2026
Gov response: DHSC and NHS England support the issues that the recommendations for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) are directed towards. However, while NHS England considers local review of procedures and terminology to be important and …
Accepted
FENN-31 — Review LFB protective clothing provision, especially gloves, for personnel
Recommendation: 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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FENN-20 — Produce and maintain up-to-date station plans in LFB-agreed locations
Recommendation: 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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FENN-19 — Ensure water gas fire extinguishers are safe near electrical equipment
Recommendation: Water gas fire extinguishers shall be made safe to use in the vicinity of electrical equipment.
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FENN-15 — Modify London Underground fire equipment to London Fire Brigade standards
Recommendation: 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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P2-39 — Establish water undertaker communication protocols
Recommendation: We therefore recommend 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. …
Words of: National Fire Chiefs Council, its acceptance as printed in HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), 26 February 2025
Gov response: The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) accepts this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services. NFCC and fire service lead officers for water are discussing with water undertakers how to strengthen existing arrangements …
Accepted
P2-36 — Provide firefighters with digital radios
Recommendation: We therefore recommend that all fire and rescue services give consideration to providing all firefighters with digital radios. (113.60)
Words of: National Fire Chiefs Council, its acceptance as printed in HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), 26 February 2025
Gov response: The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) accepts this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services. See recommendation 35.
Accepted
In progress
P2-35 — Consider higher power radios for breathing apparatus
Recommendation: We therefore recommend 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 …
Words of: National Fire Chiefs Council, its acceptance as printed in HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), 26 February 2025
Gov response: The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) accepts this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services. NFCC is surveying fire and rescue services to understand what arrangements are currently in place at a local …
Accepted
In progress
CR15 — Joint training exercises plan
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: The most recent joint exercise involving all participants simultaneously was at Dover MRCC on 7 December 2023. Representatives from French Coast Guard and SNSM (the French lifeboat service) were present, alongside UK Border Force and …
Accepted
CR10 — Equipment and techniques development
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: HMCG recognises the importance of liaising with SAR partners in the UK and abroad and will continue to do so. HMCG meets monthly with the RNLI and has bilateral meetings with international coastal partners such …
Accepted
JB-15.26 — Alternative to life hammer for window entry during armed operations
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: Metropolitan Police Service, Public Inquiry into the Death of Jermaine Baker: Update on Recommendations, 28 October 2022
Gov response: MPS firearms no longer use a glass hammer to smash windows in the course of an armed operation. Following an internal review and resourcing exercise, each firearms officer has now been issued with an extendable …
Noted
MAI-116 — Consider freeze-dried plasma for HART operatives
Recommendation: 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 …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
MAI-91 — Review analgesia deployment for firearms officers
Recommendation: 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.
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
MAI-49 — Review analgesia rollout to HART operatives
Recommendation: 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 …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
In progress
TAYL-F21 — Provide trained personnel and cutting equipment for immediate perimeter fence removal
Recommendation: 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 …
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POPP-A.3 — Home Office to develop more suitable personal radios for police
Recommendation: 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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TAYL-I43 — Local authorities to specify ambulance numbers for large crowd matches
Recommendation: 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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TAYL-I42 — Mandate one fully equipped ambulance at matches with over 5,000 spectators
Recommendation: 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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TAYL-I41 — Require clubs to employ trained medical practitioners at all matches
Recommendation: 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 …
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TAYL-I40 — Local authorities to specify first aid rooms and equipment for stadium safety certificates
Recommendation: 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 …
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TAYL-I39 — Require clubs to provide one trained first aider per 1,000 spectators
Recommendation: 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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CR1 — Network flexing risk mitigation
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: HMCG recognises that whilst its national network does provide critical business resilience, small boat operations pose particular challenges due to the nature of multiple interconnected incidents. Since 2021, an extra 24 people (20 Watchkeepers and …
Accepted
AG-9 — Maximum Continuous Duty Period for AFOs
Recommendation: 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 …
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the Anthony Grainger public inquiry, 19 May 2020
Gov response: 37. Following discussions with NPCC and the College of Policing, the Government understands that current guidance does not specify a time limit and that there would be significant operational implications of doing so. There are, …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
BAHA-14 — Communicating Sight Deprivation Reasons
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence, statement to the House of Commons, 8 September 2011 (HC Deb vol 532 col 571), as published by the Ministry of Defence
Gov response: I can inform this House that I am accepting in principle all of his recommendations with one reservation.
Accepted in part
LADB-41 — Utilise simulators for effective signaller training in emergency situations
Recommendation: The use of simulators in providing fully effective training of signallers in dealing with emergencies is endorsed (para 12.15).
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LADB-38 — Provide signallers with emergency stop options and regular situational briefings on use
Recommendation: 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 …
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AG-7 — Recording of Firearms Operations
Recommendation: The National Police Chiefs’ Council (“NPCC”) should, in the formulation of policy, take into account that, when establishing the facts, discharging investigative obligations and ensuring openness and transparency following the discharge of a firearm by a police officer in the …
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the Anthony Grainger public inquiry, 19 May 2020
Gov response: 31. The Government understands that body worn video (BWV) is now a requirement for all Armed Response Vehicle officers. Specialist Firearms Officers use BWV when deployed overtly. NPCC have issued guidance to encourage the use …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
AG-4 — North West Armed Policing SOP Amendment
Recommendation: 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 on Police use …
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the Anthony Grainger public inquiry, 19 May 2020
Gov response: 20. The use of CS dispersal canisters by GMP during Operation Shire was a focus of concern for the Inquiry. The CS dispersal canisters had not been through the approval process that includes the identification …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
14 — Prohibit handcuffing behind back while seated
Recommendation: 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.
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the public inquiry into Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (CP 1041), March 2024
Gov response: 6.6.3. The Home Office has been working closely with HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to ensure expert input into consideration of these recommendations. …
Accepted, fully or in part (not specified)
LADB-13 — Endorse adoption of defensive driving teaching and practice by TOCs
Recommendation: The adoption by TOCs of the teaching and practice of defensive driving is endorsed (para 9.39).
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