Guidance

Hazardous materials: operational guidance for the fire and rescue service

Best practice guidance to help fire and rescue authorities to resolve incidents involving hazardous materials safely and efficiently.

Applies to England

Documents

Fire and rescue service operational guidance: incidents involving hazardous materials

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Fire and rescue service operational guidance: incidents involving hazardous materials - part 1 (pages 1-300)

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Fire and rescue service operational guidance: incidents involving hazardous materials - part 2 (pages 301-644)

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Details

This document provides comprehensive yet flexible guidance that can be adapted to the nature, scale and requirements of the incident. It consolidates the content of over 500 items of previously published subject related documents.

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Published 22 November 2012

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