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Statutory Drivers - Legislation

We keep abreast of our extensive legislative framework which includes:

  • The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 explains how we respond to fires and other emergencies, prevent fires and other emergencies (home and community safety), protect (commercial and public building) and educate and inform the public
  • The Fire and Rescue Service (Emergencies) (England) Order 2007 places a duty on fire and rescue services (in England) to have the capability to remove chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive contaminants from people at an emergency. There is also a duty to contain water used for decontamination for a reasonable time. Fire and rescue services must take steps to prevent or limit environmental damage when decontaminating people
  • The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 explains how we work with other agencies to deal with emergencies
  • The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to all premises other than single private dwellings and places expectations on responsible persons to keep people in and around their premises safe from the risk of fire. The Fire Safety Act 2021 has clarified that the Order now includes the external wall systems and dwelling front doors in multi-occupied residential buildings. This, along with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022 represents a major overhaul the regulation of higher-risk buildings and construction products following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017
  • The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. It sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, to themselves and to each other
  • The Fire and Rescue National Framework 2018 requires us to produce an Integrated Risk Management Plan (this CRMP fulfils that requirement) that identifies and assess all the foreseeable fire and rescue related risks and challenges which may arise, and to set out how we plan to mitigate these risks using our available resources