An incident ground is an operational workplace and health and safety legislation requires fire and rescue services to assess and reduce the risk to personnel, as far as is reasonably practicable. As well as a duty of care to fire and rescue personnel there is also a duty to safeguard others.
An incident commander’s objectives are to resolve the incident with minimal impact to the community, prevent or minimise harm to people and protect the environment. Incident commanders must establish a safe working environment as soon as is practicable.
To ensure a safe working environment they will need to:
Safe systems of work must be developed, implemented, maintained and reviewed throughout the incident.
