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The ten most recent good practice and guidance documents published on the fire and resilience site.

• Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance - Aircraft Incidents

  This Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance provides guidance when responding to aircraft incidents.

  • Added:  5 January 2012
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Generic Risk Assessment 2.4: Flooding and water safety

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when responding to incidents near, or in water.

  • Added:  6 December 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Generic Risk Assessment 2.6: Rescue of trapped persons

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when responding to incidents where persons are trapped and require release.

  • Added:  6 December 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Generic Risk Assessment 3.7: Fighting fires in refuse

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when responding to fighting fires in refuse.

  • Added:  31 August 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Research

• Generic Risk Assessment 3.3: Fighting fire in domestic chimneys

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when responding to fighting fires in domestic chimneys.

  • Added:  31 August 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Generic Risk Assessment 3.5: Fighting fires in farms

  This assessment considers the hazard risks and control measures for operational incidents involving farms.

  • Added:  28 June 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Manuals leaflets and booklets; Good practice and guidance

• Generic Risk Assessment 3.4: Fighting fires in open rural areas

  This assessment considers the hazard risks and control measures for operational incidents involving open rual areas.

  • Added:  28 June 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Manuals leaflets and booklets; Good practice and guidance

• Generic Risk Assessment 5.3: Incidents involving chemicals

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when dealing with incidents involving hazardous chemicals. These may be solids, liquids or gases.

  • Added:  24 March 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Generic Risk Assessment 3.1: Fighting fires in buildings

  Part of the Generic Risk Assessment series, focusing on the hazards, risks and controls that relate to Fire and Rescue Service staff when fighting fires in buildings.

  • Added:  24 March 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Strategic National Guidance: The decontamination of buildings, infrastructure and open environment exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials

  Gudiance for emergency planners about the decontamination of buildings, structures and the open environment, exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials.

  • Added:  31 January 2011
  • Site: Fire and emergencies
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance