Guidance

Generic risk assessment 3.4: fighting fires in open rural areas

Generic risk assessment about fighting fires in open rural areas to help fire and rescue authorities to draw up their own risk assessments.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
Published
28 June 2011
Last updated
31 March 2020 — See all updates

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Applies to England

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Generic Risk Assessment 3.4: fighting fires in open rural areas

Ref: ISBN 9780117540439

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Generic risk assessment 3.4 examines the hazards, risks and controls that relate to fire and rescue service personnel, the personnel of other agencies and members of the public when fighting fires in open rural locations including grass, moor land crop and forest fires.

Published 28 June 2011
Last updated 31 March 2020 + show all updates

  1. Archived document.

  2. First published.

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