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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Operational => Topic started by: Tadees on January 15, 2015, 10:56:02 AM

Title: Notifying Ops Of Vulnerable Persons Within a Premises
Post by: Tadees on January 15, 2015, 10:56:02 AM

Is there a means of fire risk assessors, local authorities etc. notifying their local fire service of vulnerable persons within a premises so that on their way to an incident they can say, have a brief two line summary of the person?s condition and what assistance they may need, even though it is not the operational guys? responsibility to evacuate vulnerable persons?

Title: Re: Notifying Ops Of Vulnerable Persons Within a Premises
Post by: nearlythere on January 15, 2015, 09:34:55 PM

Contact your Service. Maybe it has.

Title: Re: Notifying Ops Of Vulnerable Persons Within a Premises
Post by: Dinnertime Dave on January 15, 2015, 10:33:13 PM

Quote from: nearlythere on January 15, 2015, 09:34:55 PM

Contact your Service. Maybe it has.

We certainly have the facility to put information on turn out info. We put information such as " hoarder" "disabled", "oxygen user" "sleeps down stairs". We work in partnership with lots of different agencies including social services, housing associations, local councils.

I would encourage you to contact the relevant FARS.

Title: Re: Notifying Ops Of Vulnerable Persons Within a Premises
Post by: SamFIRT on January 15, 2015, 10:34:24 PM

Several have specialist vulnerable Persons (VP) teams within their community safety (CS) teams . They inform the ops guys and control staff. Contact your Fire HQ and ask for CS and or look at their website.