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  • HM Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland
    • About us
      • What we do
      • Our team
      • Our values
      • Our history
        • 75th Anniversary
    • Our scrutiny
      • Inspection process
      • Service Delivery Area inspections
      • Local Area inspections
      • Thematic inspections
      • Other Focused Inspections
      • Significant events
      • Non-domestic fire safety
    • Publications
      • High rise buildings - firefighting arrangements: report
        • Introduction
        • Summary
        • Risks Associated with High Rise Buildings
        • Fire Safety in High Rise Buildings
        • Familiarisation and Risk Information
        • Building Inspections
        • Operational Procedures
        • Training and Exercising
        • Action on Issues
        • Further Developments
        • List of Recommendations
        • Glossary
        • Appendix A
        • Appendix B
        • Appendix C
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate – management of health and safety: an operational focus
        • Executive Summary
        • Introduction and Background
        • About the Inspection
        • Our Findings
        • Conclusion
        • Summary of Recommendations, Areas for Consideration and Good Practice
        • Glossary and Abbreviations
        • Appendix 1 - About HM Fire Service Inspectorate
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection - Angus
        • 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
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland: Chief Inspector's Plan 2022 to 2025
        • Our purpose
        • How the inspections are carried out
        • Inspection process
        • Local Area inspections
        • Service Delivery Area inspections
        • Thematic inspections
        • Planned inspection activity 2022-23
        • Our Activity 2022-23
        • Potential future activity up to 2025
        • Equality
        • Excerpts from the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection report - Argyll and Bute
        • 1 The Local Area Inspection Programme
        • 2 About The Area
        • 3 Our Findings
        • Glossary and Abbreviations
        • Appendix 1
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection - Midlothian
        • 1 The local area inspection programme
        • 2 About the area
        • 3 Our findings
        • Glossary and abbreviations
        • Appendix 1
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: Assessing the Effectiveness of Inspection Activity
        • 2 About the inspection
        • 3 The SFRS's process for 'Having Regard'
        • 4 The impact of recommendations in HMFSI inspection reports
        • 5 Conclusions
        • 6 test
        • Glossary and abbreviations
        • Appendix 1 About HM Fire Service Inspectorate
        • Appendix 2 HMFSI thematic reports issued between 2013 and 2019
        • Footnotes
      • Update report on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s planning and preparedness for exiting the European Union
        • Background
        • Findings
        • Conclusions and key findings summary
        • Appendix A
        • Appendix B
      • COP26 Climate Change Conference 2021: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service preparedness
        • 1 Introduction
        • 2 Our findings
        • 3 Conclusions
        • Glossary and abbreviations
        • Footnotes
      • Update on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s planning and preparedness for COVID-19
        • Business Continuity Management (BCM)
        • Background
        • Findings – planning and preparation
        • Findings – organisational learning and opportunities
        • Findings - Opportunities
        • Findings - working with others
        • Conclusion and summary of findings
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate - local area inspection: City of Edinburgh
        • 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
        • Footnotes
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Dumfries and Galloway
        • 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
      • Training of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's retained duty system personnel: HMFSI inspection report
        • 1 Introduction and background
        • 2 About the inspection
        • 3 Our findings
        • 4 Other observations
        • 5 Conclusions
        • 6 Recommendations
        • Glossary and abbreviations
        • Appendix 1: SFRS Task & Task Management Course for New Entrant RDS Firefighters
        • Appendix 2: Education Scotland report on the quality of training of retained Firefighters in Scotland
        • Appendix 3: Extract from Appendix 4.2 of the SFRS Incident Command Development Pathway Policy
        • Footnotes
      • Command and Control: aspects of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Incident Command System
        • 1 Introduction and background
        • 2 About the inspection
        • 3 Our findings
        • 4 Conclusions
        • 5 Recommendations
        • 6 Glossary and abbreviations
        • Appendix 1: SFRS debrief process flowchart
        • Appendix 2: SFRS Incident Command Development Pathway
        • Appendix 3: About HM Fire Service Inspectorate
        • Footnotes
      • HMFSI Consultation And Feedback Protocol
      • HMFSI Dispute Determination Procedural Note
      • HMFSI Guide to Information - 2022
      • HMFSI Inspection Officer Secondment Policy - November 2022
      • HMFSI User Involvement Strategy version - November 2022
      • HMFSI Auditor General Memorandum of Understanding - 2021
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: North Lanarkshire
      • Inspection of the SFRS's Management of its Fleet and Equipment Function
      • SFRS's arrangements for the provision of Operational Risk Information
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Glasgow
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Highland
      • Fire Safety Enforcement by the SFRS
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Moray
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Scottish Borders
      • Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: Dundee Control room and Highlands and Islands support
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: Dundee City
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: South Ayrshire
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate local area inspection: West Lothian
      • Joint statement by HMFSI, HSE and the Chief Fire and Rescue Advisers in England and Wales, February 2016
      • Preparedness of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for a serious flooding event
      • Planning and Defining Service Resources in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
      • Managing Automatic Fire Signals
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection - Aberdeen City
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection - East Renfrewshire
      • HM Fire Service Inspectorate: local area inspection - Western Isles
      • Commonwealth Games - Statement by HM Chief Inspector on Commonwealth preparedness - June 2014
      • Emergency Medical Response and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
      • Equal Access To National Capacity
      • Justice Committee - 19 August 2014 - Evidence Session Briefing from HMICS-HMFSI
      • Preparedness of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for the XX Commonwealth Games
      • Risk-based operational decision-making in the SFRS
      • An Overview of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - a report to Scottish Ministers - November 2013
      • Investigation following significant incidents
      • Performance Management Information Systems In The Scottish Fire And Rescue Service
      • Issued Determinations since 2013
      • The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Command and Control Mobilising System (CCMS)
        • Overview of Inspection Outcome
        • Background - Site relocation
        • Background - Functions
        • Inspection Findings - Why a new mobilising platform was necessary
        • Inspections Findings - The system specified
        • Inspection Findings - The performance and resilience of the existing CCMSs
        • Inspection Findings - Contingency for system interruption
        • Inspection Findings - Other factors
        • The Way Forward
        • Conclusion
        • Glossary
        • Appendix
        • Footnotes
      • Report on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's planning and preparedness for COVID-19 (Light Touch Review)
        • 1.1 Business Continuity Management (BCM)
        • 2. Background
        • 3. Findings
        • 4. Risks and Issues Reported
        • 5. Conclusions
      • 1949 Report - His Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1950 Report - His Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1951 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1952 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1953 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1954 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1955 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1956 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1957 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1958 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1959 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1960 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1961 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1962 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1963 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1964 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1965 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1966 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1967 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1968 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1969 and 1970 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1971 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1972 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1973 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1974 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1975 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1976 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1977 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1978 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1979 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1980 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1981 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1982 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1983 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1984 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1985 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1986 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1987 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1988 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1989 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1990 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1991 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1992 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • 1993 Report - Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland
      • Contingency Planning Arrangements for Industrial Action in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
        • Background
        • Inspection Process
        • Key Findings
        • Arrangements Considered for the Maintenance of Effective Operational Response in the Event of Industrial Action
        • Industrial Action Alternative Mobilising Locations
        • Response to Major Incidents and Core Emergency Response During IA
        • Arrangements for Handling Emergency Calls During IA
        • The Development of Safety Advice for the Public
        • The Development of Safety Advice for Business Premises
        • Maintenance of SFRS Key Business Services
        • SFRS Significant Operational Risk Sites and Appliance Mobilisations
        • Conclusion
        • Glossary of Terms
        • Footnotes
      • Climate Change: managing the operational impact on fires and other weather-related emergencies
        • Introduction and Background
        • Summary
        • List of Recommendations
        • Our Inspection Findings
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.1 Response to Flooding
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.2 Response to Wildfire
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.3 Other Issues - Community Asset Register
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.3 Other Issues - Resource allocation
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.3 Other Issues - SFRS Business Continuity
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.3 Other Issues - Accidental Drownings
        • Our Inspection Findings - 4.3 Other Issues - Emerging Risks - Electric Vehicles and Lithium-ion batteries
        • Conclusion
        • Glossary
        • Appendix A - Overview of water level system training
        • Appendix B - About HM Fire Service Inspectorate
        • Appendix C - How this inspection was carried out
        • Appendix C - Methodology
        • Footnotes
      • Independent Inspection of the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service
        • Introduction
        • Executive Summary
        • Recommendations
        • Scope Of The Inspection
        • Inspection Approach
        • Findings Against Terms Of Reference
        • Summary
        • Glossary
        • Appendix A - Terms of Reference
        • Appendix B - Short Biographies of Inspectors
        • Appendix C - Full List of Issues Raised by Stations
        • Appendix D - On-call Availability (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22)
        • Appendix E - Bibliography of Evidence Documents
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