1. Chris Boulton Senior Fire and Rescue Adviser
Operational Guidance
Chris Boulton
Senior Fire and Rescue Adviser
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2. Background Operational Guidance Demise of HMFSI All guidance is extant
CFRA identified Revise and Refresh approach
Legacy guidance and gap liability
Operational Guidance
Manuals of Firemanship, Fire Service Manuals, Dear Chief Officer Letters, Fire Service Circulars
Developed by Home Office, ODPM and CLG
5000 identified items
Demise of HMFSI since 2004 limited new operational guidance.
Operational Doctrine on going debate.
Operational Guidance seen as a key element of future Operational Doctrine
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3. Impacting Issues What is Legacy Operational Guidance Guidance? Gaps
Publication
Other
Operational
Guidance
Legacy Guidance. Current formal and informal guidance CLG and other. Liability project with tech assessment provides status/risk assessment, Gap analysis ` not there.
Future
Proofing
Training and
Development
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4. Programme Board Responsibilities
Governance of Operational Guidance Programme
Initiation - Risk Assessment and Prioritisation.
Commissioning Approval
Project Sign off.
Specify research requirements to support Operational Guidance Programme.
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5. Initiation - Drivers INITIATION New emerging risks Operational Reviews
Outcomes of investigations
with national implications
Operational Reviews
Programmed
Guidance Review
Legislative change
Coroners 43 letter
Safety Event
Operational
Assessment
Legal judgement
Or Liability
INITIATION
Research
Technological
developments
Prog Man
Support
Quality
Assurance
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6. Programme Schedule A strategic medium term 3-5 year programme of work.
Owned by the Operational Guidance Programme Board
Maintained by the Programme Manager
Standing item on the Programme Board Agenda and reviewed at each meeting.
Programme Board can adjust to account for emerging issues.
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7. Programme Schedule Contains triggers for other Programme dependencies
Indicate the status of commissioned research
Incorporate strategic impact / burden analysis to inform FRA/FRS’s CLG and others of the likely impact on delivery of the project i.e. training, procurement etc.
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8. Programme 1 Project completed (NCAF) 2 GRA’s and Associated Folders
10 Projects commenced
5 Further Projects agreed for Programme
1 Project deferred (Communications and Mobilising)
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