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2.15 Miscellaneous Assurance Activities
As an integral aspect of the working day OA Officers undertake a range of
miscellaneous activities. Examples of some of the more involved activities are
provided below.
Online Incident Presentations
In performance of the role, OA Officers are ideally placed to capture images of
activities taking place at operational incidents and during training exercises.
Since the autumn of 2010 OA Officers have been compiling the captured images into
PowerPoint presentations which are shared with the Training and Development
Centre (TDC) and published on the BigRed, in order to provide feedback to
operational crews.
This process helps to ensure that experiences from incidents and training scenarios
are used to advise future practice, identify safety matters and to provide an
invaluable debriefing tool.
The incident presentations are now fully established and are proving to be very
popular with all personnel within GMFRS, achieving on average around 3,000 ‘hits’
per quarter, with 4,500 hits achieved during ‘Quarter 4’ of 2013/14.
During 2013/14 the OA Team will further develop this resource to include video
footage and to make a routine submission to TDC and the Incident Command
Academy, to assist with developing incident command competences.
Fatal (and Possible Fatal) Incident Reports
OA capture and report upon fire service actions taken prior to, during, and following
any incident where a confirmed (or possible) fatality has occurred. This procedure
was developed to supplement, rather than duplicate, the established fire investigation
reports and the Ops 17 Fatal Incident Details report.
The OA procedure seeks to determine:
i. Any previous GMFRS involvement – for example, any inclusion on a
vulnerable person register, details of prior Home Safety Checks, etc.
ii. The actions taken by operational personnel - incident response times,
adherence to relevant policy, initial actions, etc.
iii. Post incident activities – Home Safety Support campaigns, BeatSweeps
arranged, etc.
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