Roles and Responsibilities M1
Different incidents involve different responsibilities
For example these are the responsibilities and roles for services attending an RTC
These services would automatically be deployed
Fire and Rescue Service – rescue the casualties from the collided vehicles safely
Police Service – cordon off the area, stop traffic, etc.
Ambulance Service – survey the area, take casualties once rescued to the hospital
Other Services that may be involved
Council – diversions, road closures, tidy up
Environmental Agencies – If petrol has leaked and maybe gone into a river for example
Women's institute – help around the area, make cups of tea
Utility companies – if gas pipes or electricity lines have been damaged
Transport – if too many casualties for ambulances then transport is needed
HM Coroner – for dead people, inquest into why they died
Media – representatives from local news papers to find information for the public
CSI – Police RTC investigators – perform an investigation of the crime scene, including scene prevention. For example, stop a fire man hosing the petrol and blood away to clean up. This would take away a lot of evidence and contaminate the crime scene
Scene Prevention M2
For an RTC it is vital to investigate into the injury and death of the people. This could lead to the arrest of a person for man slaughter etc. This could easily be destroyed due to a fire fighter trying to clean up the area with a hose pipe. This would was away major evidence.
Scene prevention is vital for the investigation into a crime. Is a crime scene was to become contaminated. The investigation may not be valid to use in front of a court due to this not being reliable. When a crime is committed and an investigation in the property is needed, for example a murder in a home, the house would be immediately be taped off by the police. This is to ensure that the scene is not contaminated or distort the evidence within the crime scene.
This can be done in many different ways. Examples of this could be walking through the crime scene, touching objects and putting your finger prints on them or it can be done by someone removing evidence from the scene such as a murder weapon. For this not to happen during the investigation by the forensic unit, they wear protecting clothing such as covers on their shoes; covers over their clothing; hoods over their hair and masks over their mouths.
Health and Safety M3
Health and safety is paramount for the public services. This means that there are a lot of things that need taking into account when, for example, Police Officers go out into the public, Fire fighters go into burning buildings etc.
This is all part of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment is very important to the public services. This is the basics.
Police Officer – stab proof vest, high visibility jacket, helmet, boots, etc
Fire and Rescue – fire proof outfit, helmet, boots, respirator, oxygen tank, gloves and much more
Ambulance – high visibility jacket, helmet, etc. The ambulance service has very little due to the job not being as dangerous.
COSHH
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
RIDDOR
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
COMAH
The Control of Major Accident Hazards
HazMat
Hazardous Materials
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