SCOTLAND’S RESCUE CAPABILITY David Wynne Chief Fire Officer Chair SFRS Resilience Board

Highlands & Islands Strathclyde Grampian Tayside Fife Central Lothian & Borders Dumfries & Galloway

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SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESILIENCE BOARD [2008] SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UK LTCM Board CoSLA COMMUNITY SAFETY EXECUTIVE GROUP SFRS RESILIENCE BOARD CAPABILITY PROGRAMMES DELIVERYSUPPORTSUSTAINABILITY ND TEAM RESILIENCE USAR CBRN C&C HVP IRMP WILDFIRE WATER RESCUE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUNCEFIELD (Foam) RESILIENCE – FIRE CONTROL – SCC DATABASE – SCAF – LTCM – Training Delivery Strategy

SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESILIENCE BOARD [2008] SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UK LTCM Board CoSLA COMMUNITY SAFETY EXECUTIVE GROUP SFRS RESILIENCE BOARD CAPABILITY PROGRAMMES DELIVERYSUPPORTSUSTAINABILITY ND TEAM RESILIENCE USAR CBRN C&C HVP IRMP WILDFIRE WATER RESCUE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUNCEFIELD (Foam) RESILIENCE – FIRE CONTROL – SCC DATABASE – SCAF – LTCM – Training Delivery Strategy

SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESILIENCE BOARD [2008] SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UK LTCM Board CoSLA COMMUNITY SAFETY EXECUTIVE GROUP SFRS RESILIENCE BOARD CAPABILITY PROGRAMMES DELIVERYSUPPORTSUSTAINABILITY ND TEAM RESILIENCE USAR CBRN C&C HVP IRMP WILDFIRE WATER RESCUE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUNCEFIELD (Foam) RESILIENCE – FIRE CONTROL – SCC DATABASE – SCAF – LTCM – Training Delivery Strategy

SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESILIENCE BOARD [2008] SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UK LTCM Board CoSLA COMMUNITY SAFETY EXECUTIVE GROUP SFRS RESILIENCE BOARD CAPABILITY PROGRAMMES DELIVERYSUPPORTSUSTAINABILITY ND TEAM RESILIENCE USAR CBRN C&C HVP IRMP WILDFIRE WATER RESCUE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUNCEFIELD (Foam) RESILIENCE – FIRE CONTROL – SCC DATABASE – SCAF – LTCM – Training Delivery Strategy

Scottish Arrangements  Fire (Scotland) Act 2005  Additional Functions Order  New Duties for: Urban Search and Rescue Mass Decontamination Severe Flooding Major Transport Incidents  National ( Scottish Framework )  Advisory Structures MAG – Ministerial Advisory Group SAF – Strategic Advisory Forum SDAF – Service Delivery Advisory Forum

Scottish FRS Approach  Collective Arrangements ( IRMP )  Generic Mutual Assistance Framework  Day to Day enhanced capabilities  Capital Investment ( Government )  Revenue Investment ( Fire Authorities )

New Challenges  Ministerial : CoSLA Partnership  Concordat  Single Outcome Agreements  FRS Revenue ( CoSLA )  FRS Capital ( Government )

Distinctive Rescue Approaches  Specialist Water Rescue  Urban Search and Rescue  Specialist Rope Rescue  Road Traffic Collision Programme

Specialist Water Rescue

 Duty ‘ to make provision for dealing with rescue from serious flooding ’ ( Additional Functions Order 2005 )  Provision of 4 HVP’s ( )  Provision of Water Rescue Resources 14 Inflatable Boats and Outboards 9 Sleds ( inflatable ) 9 Stretchers ( inflatable ) Dry Suits & Thermal Suits PPE ( PFD’s, Helmets, Torches, etc )

Specialist Water Rescue  Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee – Flood Management and Response  FRS expanded duty for inland water rescue  FRS lead inland water rescue coordination ( Police lead wider flood coordination activities )  PITT Report – similar challenges  Home Flood Risk Assessments ( Pilot )

Specialist Water Rescue  HVP’s located in Grampian, L & B, Central and Strathclyde  Crews trained in ‘ Safe Working Near Water ’

Specialist Water Rescue  National ‘team typing’ describes the size and ability of WR teams  Type ‘B’ teams - minimum of 7 members/ ability to search, apply technical rescue and deploy power boat operations  The equipment provided is to enable FRS’s to operate a number of Type ‘B’ teams once trained in the following skills – Water Rescue Technician Rescue Boat Operator

Specialist Water Rescue  Some of the new equipment provided

Specialist Water Rescue  Current position  L & B already have 2 teams established  Strathclyde already have WR capability and are looking at strategy and future provision  D & G are in the process of sourcing training for 2 teams  Grampian are in the process of sourcing training for 1 team  Other FRS’s are in the process of reviewing future strategy and team provision

Urban Search and Rescue

 The aim of the capability is –  To respond to any incident, whether deliberate or accidental in origin involving unstable or collapsed structures or following a major transportation incident  To ensure the appropriate resources are available to meet the requirements of the National Model Response and Concept of Operations Documents.

Urban Search and Rescue  Scottish Capabilities provided by Major Incident Units and demountable Pods which carry equipment for –  Shoring – Airshore and timber packs  Breaking and breaching  Technical Search – audio and visual  Heavy lifting – jacks and airbags  Hydraulic rescue  Heavy duty steel cutting - petrogen

Urban Search and Rescue  Scottish Capabilities – Equipment  Major Incident Unit Grampian L & B Strathclyde ( 2 )

Urban Search and Rescue  Scottish Capabilities – Equipment  Demountable Pods D & G Fife H & I Central Tayside

Urban Search and Rescue  Personnel  Operators – 1100  Technicians – 200  Training  Operational and Training Standards The National Fire Protection Association Standards (USA), that are used to train the FEMA teams have been adopted and will form the basis of all the Operational and Training Standards for Scotland

USAR Development Pathway

USAR Training  In 2007 the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service sent 20 people to Texas to become “Train the Trainers” in order that Scotland would have the ability to train its own USAR Technicians  The SFRS has developed generic training packages which are hosted on the SFSC website  Services are currently developing local/ regional facilities for training Operators and Technicians  Local delivery has led to an increase in need for Quality Assurance which will be facilitated by the SFSC

Training Events Mines Rescue - Crossgates Operator Training – D & G

Specialist Rope Rescue

 Approach in Scotland  A collaborative approach between FRS’s Arrangements in place to call out specialist capabilities from other FRS  Partnerships between FRS’s and other organisations Strathclyde FRS has arrangements in place with Strathclyde Police Mountain Rescue Arrangements in place between FRS’s and local/ national Mountain Rescue Teams

Specialist Rope Rescue  Windfarms  CFOA(S) in process of formulating strategy and project plan  3 teams to be formed and located within Grampian, L & B and Strathclyde  Collaboration between FRS and Scottish Power in training of teams

Specialist Rope Rescue  Current situation  L & B and Fife FRS have active Rope Rescue response  Training on Windfarm Rescue is ongoing

Training Events

Road Traffic Collisions  Prevention Activities  FRS’s throughout Scotland actively involved in Road Safety Campaigns through Partnership Working  Working with Road Safety Scotland to co-ordinate road safety activity in Scotland Campaigns may be at national level to address national issues or may be at local level to address local issues  Complementary to arrangements in England/ Wales with UK Rescue Organisation ( UKRO )

Road Traffic Collisions  Establish and Facilitate a D&G Road Safety Partnership  Partners include – Police Camera Partnerships Scottish Ambulance Service Local Authority Commercial Road Maintenance Operators Driving Standards Agency Institute of Advanced Motorists NHS Procurator Fiscal’s Office

Road Traffic Collisions  Analysis of Statistical Data used to focus campaigns on high risk areas  Campaigns include –  Choices A full day multi-agency presentation on the human consequences of RTC’s Targeted at S5 & S6 pupils  Safer Wheels Advice to young drivers on keeping their cars legal  Prison Me No Way A multi- agency event aimed at young drivers – dealing with drink/substance abuse, from crash to prison

Road Traffic Collisions  Campaigns cont…  Safe Drive Stay Alive Young drivers – wreckless/careless driving consequences  Other Campaigns include Offering safe driving and motor cycling riding courses and supporting Instructors RTC Extrication demonstrations across the region to highlight the growing trend of serious RTC’s

Campaign Activities

Summary  Ability to work together of all 8 FRS’s  Requirement to build all services within Single Outcome Agreement Framework  Legacy commitments

SCOTLAND’S RESCUE CAPABILITY QUESTIONS