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Inspection of Operational Assurance in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

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Thematic inspections

10th September 2025

Thematic inspection into the SFRS's Operational Assurance (OA) policy in relation to information gathering and assurance of operational activities, including the application and operation of this policy and related procedures
  • Inspection of Operational Assurance in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Background
  • Introduction
  • OA Management
  • Performance
  • Pre-Incident OA arrangements
  • During-Incident OA arrangements
  • Post-incident OA arrangements
  • Outcomes
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendations, Areas for Consideration and Areas of Good Practice
  • Methodology
  • How this Inspection was carried out
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Footnotes

  • Inspection of Operational Assurance in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Background
  • Introduction
  • OA Management
  • Performance
  • Pre-Incident OA arrangements
  • During-Incident OA arrangements
  • Post-incident OA arrangements
  • Outcomes
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendations, Areas for Consideration and Areas of Good Practice
  • Methodology
  • How this Inspection was carried out
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Footnotes

Footnotes

1 HMFSI Inspection of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service West Service Delivery Area

2 Science Direct - Organisational learning, learning organisation, and learning orientation: An integrative review and framework

3 SFRS Long Term Vision

4 SFRS Strategic Plan 2022-2025

5 SFRS, Training Safety and Assurance, Safety and Assurance, Assurance Policy, Version 6, 22/03.2024

6 Training Safety and Assurance, Safety and Assurance, Assurance Policy, Version 6, 22/03/24

7 Fire Standards Board, Operational Learning 15/02/21

8 NFCC, National Operational Learning: Good Practice Guide

9 SFRS, Safety and Assurance, Health and Safety Policy, Version 7, 07/02/24

10 SFRS Safety and Assurance Strategy 2022 - 2026

11 SFRS Safety and Assurance, Operational Assurance Policy, Version 6, 22/03/24

12 SFRS Operational Assurance GIN, Operational Learning Governance, Version 2, 17/05/23

13 SFRS Safety and Assurance, Operational Assurance Policy, Version 6, 22/03/24

14 SFRS Health and Safety, SA Engagement and Governance Management Arrangements Version 7, 13/01/23

15 SFRS Performance Management Framework 2023-2024 Version 1.0

16 SFRS Safety and Assurance Strategy 2022-2026

17 SFRS SA Annual Performance Report 2023-2024

18 SFRS, Safety and Assurance, Operational Assurance, Station Audit Report 2023-2024, 16/01/25

19 SFRS, CoG, Station Audit Report, Version 1, 15?01/24

20 SFRS Performance Management Framework 2023-2024 Version 1.0

21 NFCC National Operational Learning: Good Practice Guide

22 SFRS TSA, Operational Assurance, GIN Station Audits and Thematic Audits, Version 5, 06/05/24

23 SFRS City of Glasgow LSO, Station Audit Report 23/24 Version 1, 15/01/24

24 SFRS, SA, Operational Assurance, Station Audit Report 2023/2024, 16/01/25

25 HMSI Inspection of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service West Service Delivery Area

26 SFRS, Operational Assurance, Thematic Audit, Incidents Involving Asbestos Report, 14/03/24

27 HMSI Inspection of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service West Service Delivery Area

28 SFRS, Operational Assurance, GIN During Incident Operational Assurance, Version 2, 25/11/22

29 SFRS, Operations, Control Operating Procedure (COP) - Flexi Duty Officer and Principal Officer Mobilising Version 10, 13/11/23

30 SFRS, Operational Assurance, GIN Operational and Event Debriefing, Version 2, 22/12/22

31 SFRS, Operations Delivery, Operations, Incident Command policy and Operational Guidance, Version 14, 23/09/24

32 SFRS Training Safety and Assurance, Operational Assurance, GIN OA21 Procedure, Version 4, 31/08/23

33 Cambridge Dictionary CULTURE English meaning

34 NFCC National Operational Learning: Good Practice Guide

 

 

 

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