COVID 19

 Overarching NFCC Strategic Intentions 

• NFCC Position Statement and Strategic Intentions  (updated March 2021)
• Working safely: Guidance for Fire & Rescue Services: operational and non-operational staff (July 23rd 2020)

Risk Assessments 

• NFCC Risk Assessments: additional activities (January 2021) 
• Employers Circular  (January 2021)

NFCC PPE guidance

• PPE guidance  (April 22nd 2020)

NFCC Business continuity

• Strategic Pandemic Business Continuity Plan  (April 2021)

Vaccination guidance

• Vaccination 'how to guide/Notable Practice' (February 2021)
• 'Vaccination 'how to guide' supporting documents (February 2021)
• Vaccination guidance: NFCC, St John Ambuiance & Department of Health and Social Care  (January 2021)

 NFCC guidance (April 2020)

• Assisting ambulance services: Guidance
• Ambulance driving: FRS supporting documents
• Body handling: Guidance
• Delivery of essential items: Guidance
• Driver training (updated April 24th)
• Face fit testing: Guidance
• HSE Guidance: Face fit

NFCC Health & Safety guidance

• BA testing guidance: self contained (April 6th 2020)
• Combined BA facemask and respirator: testing, wearing and cleaning (April 6th 2020)
• HSE RIDDOR reporting requirements (April 7th 2020)
• Maintenance of competence: Guidance & options (April 27th 2020)

NFCC Prevention guidance

• Prevention Strategic Intention: Issue 6  (March 26th 2021) 
• Prevention Model Risk Assessment (July 13th 2020)
• Children & Young People: Strategic intention (November 6th 2020)

NFCC Protection strategic intention

• Protection strategic intention: Issue 7    (Updated April 8th 2021)

NFCC Protection guidance

• Protection recovery roadmap (April 8th 2021)
• Areas of increased risk in purpose-built health care facilities: Issue 4  (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Advice to premises: Issue 7  (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Field hospital guidance: Issue 7 (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Managed Quarantine Hotels: Issue 1 (Updated February 18th 2021)
• Risk Based Desktop Appraisal: Issue 6   (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Schools guidance: Issue 6  (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Scenario Based Guidance Auditing Premises: Issue 5  (April 8th 2021)
• Student accommodation: Issue 3   (Updated April 8th 2021)
• Responding to student halls of residence   (Updated October 2020)
• Simultaneous Evacuation Guidance COVID Update: Issue 5  (Updated April 8th 2021)

NFCC Protection risk assessment

• Protection model risk assessment: Issue 5  (Updated April 8th 2021)

 NFCC Response guidance

• Flexible crewing (March 27th 2020)
• Strategic intention: Non emergency response (January 6th 2021)
• Recovery Principles, Covid-19: Non-Emergency Response  (April 1st 2021)

 NFCC on-call guidance

• On-call: guidance/options around on-call financial hardship (April 11th 2020)
• On-call guidance and options for maintenance of competence (April 15th 2020)
• On-call: Loss of earnings (March 27th 2020)

Working with partners

• AACE/NFCC Consensus statement (April 2020)

NFCC COVID Committee report

• Fire and rescue service response to COVID-19: Report for the NFCC COVID-19 Committee (December 2020)

NFCC supporting documents

• NHS App guidance note (October 2nd 2020)
• Guidance: Infection, prevention control training (October 2nd 2020)
• Guidance: Emergency service workers/first responders (October 6th 2020)
• Working safely: Guidance for Fire & Rescue Services: operational and non-operational staff (July 23rd 2020)
• Arson attacks: telecommunications sites (April 23rd 2020)

Useful links

• Official government COVID-19 guidance 
• NHS advice graphics
• PHE: COVID in the UK (summary of testing, cases, healthcare and deaths)

Updated 16th April 2021