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HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Dumfries and Galloway

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Local Area inspections

21st February 2020

HMFSI Local Area Inspection of Dumfries and Galloway looks at Scottish Fire and Rescue Service local service delivery and how the Service collaborates with external organisations.
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The local area inspection programme
  • 2 About the area
  • 3 Our findings
  • Glossary and abbreviations
  • Appendix 1: The strategic priorities in the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016
  • Appendix 2
  • Footnotes

  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The local area inspection programme
  • 2 About the area
  • 3 Our findings
  • Glossary and abbreviations
  • Appendix 1: The strategic priorities in the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016
  • Appendix 2
  • Footnotes

Glossary and abbreviations

ARP

Aerial Rescue Pump

CFF

Community Firefighter

CSA

Community Safety Advocate

CSE

Community safety engagement

DACO

Deputy Assistant Chief Officer

Dual crewed

An arrangement where more than one fire appliance is crewed by the same crew

FSE

Fire safety enforcement

HFSV

Home fire safety visit

LALO

Local Area Liaison Officer

LCMS

Learning content management system: an online learning resource for firefighters

LSO

Local Senior Officer: by law the SFRS has to appoint a LSO for each local authority area in Scotland

MCA

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

PPE

Personal protective equipment

PPED

Prevention and Protection Enforcement Database

RDS

Retained duty system

Relevant premises

Non-domestic premises to which fire safety law applies 

RRU

Rapid Response Unit

SDA

Service Delivery Area: the SFRS is organised into three SDAs, North, East and West

SFRS

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

TED

Training and Employee Development

UFAS

A false alarm incident in non-domestic premises where the SFRS is called out as a consequence of a fire alarm operating

UHP

Ultra High Pressure

VDS

Volunteer duty system

2005 Act

Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

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