Fire and Rescue Service National Co-ordination Centre Presentation aims   Use this forum to inform and explain the role of FRSNCC and hopefully provide some clarification in areas that seem to have been causing confusion. And right at the start lets explain FRSNCC – FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION CENTRE – an interim facility, at the moment.

Concept of FRSNCC 6 capabilities – 3 operational (resources) and 3 support   C & C is the capability that has the responsibility for the national co-ordination of ND resources – and that is the capability that the FRSNCC falls within – with a remit to assist in facilitating an integrated & cohesive response to catastrophic event.

Why WYFRA?  What was required was a single control room in a low risk area, with a resilient infrastructure and sufficient operational capacity to assume the role of routine resource management. Service Level Agreement February 2004 - extended to allow discussions to next phase  England & Wales (Scotland establishing own capability)  Basic management of ND resources - only IRU's' initially This slowly increased with introduction of other ND resources  Monitor & track only - not mobilise or co-ordinate at incidents  Some basic reporting – H & S and Incidents  Basic guidance to FRS issued by ODPM in April 2004  That's how it started…….  …….but the SLA did not go far enough or cover the work that WY were then becoming involved with……..so Phase 2 was introduced.  

Present – Memorandum Of Understanding Oct 19 2005 to 31 March 2007 - agreement between FSS & WYFRA    England only – but we do fully monitor Wales resources - Scotland monitor their own ND resources via Strathclyde control; we keep NI resources on system  Monitor & track ND resources – availability – as SLA  In addition assists in the Mobilising of New Dimension and associated conventional resources to Level 4 (National/Cross Regional)  We now have a larger and more diverse range of vehicles to monitor  Just dwelling on the issue of mobilising - FRSNCC can obviously only request (very nicely) resources from another FRS to be mobilised – no authority to mobilise only assist.

Fire Service Circular 30/2006 issued 2 June 2006   Includes; Initial reporting – on receipt and possibly before going on run Availability reporting – changes in status – location & availability H & S reporting – accidents/near misses associated with ND kit Routine incident reporting –ND kit used at a normal incident Major incident reporting – Level 4 and above It tells FRS’s how and when to contact FRSNCC   However, it now incorporates ND USAR mobilising that was formerly conducted by LFB Not UKFRSSART but ND USAR ..and not Search and Rescue dogs but WY will deal with LFB to mobilise dogs on behalf of requesting FRS.

24/7 availability   2 full time and 50 "retained" staff (mix of…) Explain 9 – 5 Monday – Friday Manager/Training officer & DBA Training sessions 2x week following initial training Full support by Capability Managers in training Out of hours run by WY control staff - Buncefield + 1st hour of any incident Aim to be set up within 1 hour Accommodated in WY control building –centre – security & resilience

Most ND resources now on the run – some Prime Movers still to be deployed – hopefully all out by 31 March 2008 Canine Support – to come Enhanced Command Support (ECS) Vehicle – 1st of 9 at the college for training before deployment Some USAR modules still to be deployed

Activity (transactions ) between FRS’s and FRSNCC from Jan 2004 until end 2007 Continuous increase in activity as resources rolled out – possibly more or less levelled out in terms of day 2 day stuff.

Involvement to date   Carlisle 2004/05 - Natural disaster - mobilised HVP's 7/7 2005 - Terrorist attack – asked to set up but not required

Buncefield 2005 - Fire - mobilised and tracked HVP's   Note: first 2 SLA only; Buncefield – MOU signed but no staff – mostly conducted by WY Control Room staff – a steep learning curve! Milton Keynes 2006 - Scaffold collapse - assisted LFB – mid week mostly run by DBA.

Heathrow 2006 Heathrow 2006 – terrorist threat – on standby but not required   Cumbria rail crash – deployed USAR Cumbria 2007

Yorkshire & Humberside 2007 Floods of June and July 2007 Is this what FRSNCC is becoming known for? Gloucestershire 2007

FRS Silver Incident Commander Strategic Holding Area Level 4 Assisting FRS Assisting Resources + EISG NCC Bronze Sector * Functions FRS Gold Tactical FRS Silver Incident Commander + Silver Command Support ECS Assisting Resources Authority process – funding issues Lines of communication

Development MOU reviewed for 2007 – 2008 (2 year)   Monitoring & tracking additional ND resources as they become available  But not just Vehicles – possibly people will need to be tracked  NSAT and Capability Advisors - then FRSNCC will need to monitor, track and mobilise those people. Other bodies – Flood Support Team Looking to take on the mobilisation of Canine Support from London As previously mentioned – developing relationships with NI and Scotland and continuing to build on existing relationship with Wales – MOU ready to be signed.  Links with other agencies- Police and Ambulance very interested in what we are doing and could prove vital in the information flow at serious incidents.

Working with Firelink - FRSNCC must be able to communicate with all resources in the UK (ND and associated conventional)   And of course –the ultimate destination of the National Co-Ordination Centre – migration to a Regional Control Centre within the FiReControl Project CFOA position – 1 NCC in 1 RCC (Y & H) and 2 backups

Questions?