A Guide for Managers

A Guide for
Managers

Section 5
Modular Guidance

Introduction
This section contains a series of modules dealing with regulations and guidance which impinges on the day to day management of health and safety in brigades.

The list of regulations dealt with is intended to be comprehensive but not exhaustive. The intention is to give fire brigade managers an overview of regulations that may apply to their activities.

Regulations which are of interest to the fire brigade may be divided into 4 categories:

those that apply to in-house health and safety management, eg. the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992;
those that apply to operational work, eg. the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987;
those that apply to procurement, eg the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992;
those that apply to operational intelligence gathering, eg the Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990.

It is obvious that these categories are not exclusive and many regulations will fall into more than one. When dealing with health and safety regulations, in order to understand the full ramification of a regulation package, it is important to bear in mind that brigade activities can be affected in the ways mentioned above.

The modules should not be regarded as a substitute for studying the regulations themselves and any associated Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) and guidance issued by the HSE. Nor should they be taken as an authoritative interpretation of the law.

Managers should be aware that there are regulations other than those dealt with in the Modular Guidance which will impinge upon brigade activities. A full list of health and safety legislation up to and including 1996 can be found in the publication:

To obtain more recent legislation and guidance in interpretation, managers should consult their brigade health and safety adviser.

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