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1.2 Operational Assurance Assessment Suite
Development of the Operational Assurance Assessment (OAA) Suite
The Service has been undertaking formal monitoring and assessment of its
operational based activities since May 2005. In support of this work a comprehensive
suite of reports 1 has been developed and continually refined. The current suite
consists of:
i. OAA - Incident Monitoring Report
Provides assurance that operational activities are being undertaken in
accordance with standard operating procedures, policies and guidance.
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OAA - Training Report
Provides assurance that Watch based operational personnel are
undertaking training in accordance with standard operating procedures,
policies and guidance.
OAA - Exercise Report
Provides assurance that activities undertaken during large scale
exercises are in accordance with standard operating procedures,
policies and guidance.
OAA - Station Report
Provides a comprehensive assessment of the standard to which a
range of ‘day to day’ station based activities are being undertaken.
Areas covered during a station assessment include:
Operational Preparedness
Training and Development
Planning and Preparation
Prevention Activities
Station Work Routines
Documentation / Administration
Health and Safety
v. OAA - Work Routine Report
Provides assurances that station based personnel are working in
accordance with the 'Policy Guidance on the Planning and
Management of Work Routines'.
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OAA - Thematic Review
Thematic reviews are agreed with the Operational Risk Control Group
(ORCG), based upon areas of organisational risk and/or opportunity.
Completed thematic reviews are reported to the Leadership Team (LT).
1 This suite of documents is currently under review in order to provide refreshed key lines of enquiry
within each report
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