COVID 19

Position statement 

• NFCC COVID-19 position statement (April 22nd)
• NFCC Strategic Intentions (updated June 2020)

Working safely

• Working safely: Guidance for Fire & Rescue Services: operational and non-operational staff (July 23rd)

Tripartite agreement

• Tripartite agreement (13)  Extension until October 29th, risk assessment update (September 24th)
• Tripartite agreement (12) : Risk assessments (July 23rd)
• Tripartite agreement (11): Extension of agreement (July 17th)
• Tripartite agreement (10):  Care home risk assessment (June 12th)
• Tripartite agreement (9): Extension of agreement to July 15 (June 3rd)
• Tripartite agreement (8): Extension of agreement (May 26th)
• Tripartite agreement (7): Delivery of training packages: Infection, prevention & control, hand hygiene, PPE guidance and procedures, supporting the care home staff testing (May 22nd) 
• Tripartite agreement (6): Transport to and from Nightingale hospitals, face shield assembly & packing/repacking of food for vulnerable people (April 23rd).
• Tripartite agreement (5): Antigen testing, ambulance transport, driver training/instruction (April 16th) 
• Tripartite agreement (4): Face fit & delivery of PPE (April 9th)
• Tripartite agreement (3): Updated processes (April 3rd)
• Tripartite agreement (2): Movement of bodies, driving ambulances, assisting vulnerable people (March 26th)
• Tripartite agreement (1): Service delivery (March 24th)

 Agreed activities: NFCC guidance (April 2020)

• Assisting ambulance services: Guidance
• Assisting ambulance services: Ambulance driving & patient/ambulance personnel support: Risk assessment
• Ambulance driving: FRS supporting documents
• Body handling: Guidance
• Body handling: Risk assessment
• Delivery of essential items: Guidance
• Delivery of essential items: Risk assessment
• Driver training (updated April 24th)
• Face fit testing: Guidance
• Face fit testing for masks: Risk assessment
• HSE Guidance: Face fit
• Other Tripartite activities under consideration

NFCC Health & Safety guidance

• BA testing guidance: self contained (April 23rd)
• Combined BA facemask and respirator: testing, wearing and cleaning (April 23rd)
• Control room advice (April 7th)
• HSE RIDDOR reporting requirements (April 7th)
• Maintenance of competence: Guidance & options (April 27th)

NFCC PPE guidance

• PPE guidance  (April 22nd)

NFCC Prevention guidance

• Prevention strategic intention  (Version 4 - October 16th) 
• Prevention Model Risk Assessment (July 13th)
• Children & Young People: Strategic intention (August 27th)

NFCC Protection strategic intention

• Protection strategic intention  (version 5th Ocitober 16th)
• Protection scenario-based guidance: auditing premises (July 24th)

NFCC Protection guidance

• Advice to businesses  (Updated August 26th)
• Field hospital guidance  (Updated August 26th)
• Risk-based desktop approach to considering fire risk in premises (Updated August 26th)
• Scenario-based guidance: Auditing premises (July 24th)
• Schools guidance  (Updated August 26th)
• Waking Watch COVID update (May 19th)

NFCC Protection risk assessment

• Protection model risk assessment (July 20th)

 NFCC Response guidance

• Flexible crewing (March 27th)

 NFCC on-call guidance

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

NFCC supporting documents

• Responding to student halls of residence (October 9th)
• NHS App guidance note (October 2nd)
• Guidance: Infection, prevention control training (October 2nd)
• Guidance: Emergency service workers/first responders (October 6th)
• Working safely: Guidance for Fire & Rescue Services: operational and non-operational staff (July 23rd)
• Arson attacks: telecommunications sites (April 23rd)

Useful links

• Alert levels: Very high: NHS Advice graphics
• Alert levels: High: NHS Advice graphics
• Aert levels: Medium: NHS Advice graphics
• Tripartite activites under consideration
• Non-NFCC Supporting documents (supplied by Fire & Rescue Services)
• Official government COVID-19 guidance (https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus)
• PHE: COVID in the UK (summary of testing, cases, healthcare and deaths)

Updated 26th October 2020