1. Health and Safety Executive Health and Safety Executive Fire and Rescue Service Inspections by HSE

2. AIM To provide FRS H&S practitioners with an outline of the proposed inspections of the FRS by HSE in 2009/10.

3. Overview 1. Drivers for inspection 2. Outline plan 3. Outcomes 4. Questions

4. Key drivers No recent HSE inspections Police Services inspected last year High level discussions Timely to do so – work on HSWA & Ops Perceived background noise – ‘something not right’ Operational assessment of service delivery (AC) Fatal accidents

5. Outline Plan - Inspection arrangements National inspection team* Lead manager (liaise with sector) Inspectors - experience of fire and rescue services 8 FRS (within GB) Management inspection (HSG65) Time – preparation - 2008/09 inspections – After April ‘09 follow up - 2010

6. Outline plan – Selection of FRS by the Sector Different governance arrangements (Met / County etc) Variety of duty systems (full time/retained) Riddor accident data Inspector / Sector knowledge Liaison with FRS stakeholders (CFRA / AC etc)

7. Outline plan – Inspection topics (general) Will look at some firefighter operational issues but from a HSG65 health & safety view We are liaising with stakeholders about the topics. Approach is largely to check compliance with individual FRS policies & procedures

8. Outline plan – Possible inspection topics An overview of health & safety arrangements (HSG 65) Incident commander training (H&S) Breathing apparatus training (H&S) Hot fire/compartment fire training (H&S) Maintenance of general F/F competence (H&S) Provision of safety critical risk information

9. Outline plan- Pre planning Collate relevant national guidance Secondee from fire service Determine benchmarks Finalise inspection protocol* Explanatory letter to all Chief Fire Officers Ongoing communication with FRS

10. Outline plan – If you are to be inspected Initial contact by lead inspector Provision of requested paperwork / procedures Inspection arrangements firmed up Inspection phase Debrief / report back phase

11. Outline plan – General inspection outcomes ‘Hot’ debrief to FRS (FOD) Bespoke written summary report to FRS (FOD) Collation & analysis of all bespoke reports (Sector) National summary report (Sector) Presentation of national report (Sector) Follow on work – tbc

12. General We are not a panacea. Focused inspection – H&S processes (HSG65). Other local issues via local HSE. We do not aim to be burdensome. H&S should be part of normal mgt.

13. Conclusion Any Questions?