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Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Use of Breathing Apparatus Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed:

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA01 After Risk Reduction

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Emergency Lighting

Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Defence Serious Non Service personal injury Personnel Public Instructors

Install adequate emergency lighting to allow all occupants safe egress in emergency situation. Compliance with ETCI 100/01

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Working in Hot & Humid Atmospheres Breathing Apparatus Crawls

Heat Illness

Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Defence Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Adhere to Brigade policy on rehydration, BA procedures, Abundant Supply of cool drinking water, Adhere to policy on working in hot and humid atmospheres, strict supervision by instructors. First aid kit including Oxygen therapy, Defibrillator and burns kit. Cooling trough.

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Fatigue

Wholetime Lack of hazard Retained awareness Non Service leading to Personnel serious injury

Written SOP to include a defined student / instructor ratio *, Instructor competence and vigilance

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Delay in response to Lack of adequate emergency emergency venting situation system leading to serious injury

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel

Make repairs needed to existing emergency venting system and ensure safe operation of same. *

Assistant Line Manager

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Use of Breathing Apparatus Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed:

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA01 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

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Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Slips Trips and falls Defence (hazards installed Serious Non Service for BA training personal injury Personnel purposes). Public Instructors

BA training and procedures and supervision by BA Instructors during BA training. When accessed for any purpose other than BA training, adequate and appropriate information and supervision should be provided.

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Claustrophobia

Wholetime Retained Non Service Serious Personnel personal injury Public Instructors

SOPs to deal with rescue procedures for course participant in difficulties

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Breathing Apparatus Crawls

Inexperienced instructors

Wholetime Wrong Retained information, Non Service advice to class Personnel participants and Public lack of supervision.

Experienced Instructors should be present during exercises and classroom training for both inexperienced instructors and students alike. As per current DFB SOPs, only qualified instructors may instruct in this training facility

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Manual Handling.

Serious injury

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public

Training and supervision, compliance with Brigade policy on manual handling.

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Use of Breathing Apparatus Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed:

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA01 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

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Lack of Appropriate PPE

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personal Injury Personnel Public Instructors

All exercises will require Full Firefighting PPE in the form of FlashHood, Gloves, Boots, Helmet, leg and torso protection suitable to protect the student. Pre exercise SOP on correct donning of PPE

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Breathing Apparatus Crawls

Safe Systems of Work

Wholetime Retained Near Miss/ Non Service Personal injury Personnel Public Instructors

Written SOPs required on all exercises including equipment to be used, conditions to be created in the training Area and instructors/student ratio. Records of inspections and maintenance.

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Unprotected wiring.

Breathing Apparatus, Residential training area

Electrocution due to Unguarded mishandling electrical during BA installation at EP 1. training (unguarded RCD) exercises

Wholetime Retained Instructors

Trunking Relocation or guarding

Assistant Line Manager

Lack of adequate emergency exit signs

Wholetime Retained Serious Volunteer/Civil personal injury Defence to persons Non Service during non-BA Personnel use Public Instructors

Install emergency exit signs to S.I. 132 1994

Assistant Line Manager

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Use of Breathing Apparatus Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed: Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Defence Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA01 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

Likelihood Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Responsible Person

Fire

Death or serious injury

12

Overhaul, adequacy, and recorded maintenance of Firefighting equipment

Assistant Line Manager

Moss on Gangways, slip hazard Breathing Apparatus, Residential training area Low unprotected ducting on Gangways

Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Defence Personal injury Non Service Personnel Public Instructors Wholetime Retained Volunteer/Civil Defence Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Recorded regular cleaning and maintenance

Assistant Line Manager

Head injury

Impact protection, PPE and signage

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors

Uncontrolled heat in fire room off industrial corridor

Wholetime Serious Retained Personal Injury Instructors

Repair and recorded regular maintenance of temperature sensor. Written S.O.P. and records.

Assistant Line Manager Course Directors and Instructors