Operation
Fresco
In
the event of industrial action by civilian firefighters,
personnel from all three of the Armed Forces have been
trained and prepared to provide basic emergency cover.
Statement
by Lt Gen Kiszely, commanding Op Fresco (22
November)
Statement
by Brigadier Brunt, lead planner (24
November)
Photographs
and video from firefighting operations
(Updated 0930 on 2 Feb)
Operational
statistics for emergency operations (Updated
1620 on 3 Feb)
Report
by Cabinet Office Joint Assessment Cell on the contingency
arrangements 22-30 November (PDF
format, added 2 December)
(Also
available from No 10 website in HTML format)
Details
of their training and equipment can be found here
(Updated 25 Nov)
The
regional distribution of personnel and vehicles is given
here (Updated 28 Jan with latest
Red Goddess deployments and changes to unit deployments)
Three
fact sheets can be downloaded here in PDF format:
The
response to the industrial action is coordinated by
the Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister. Further information
is also available at the UK
Resilience Website.
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