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This legislation has been repealed.

COUNTRY FIRES REGULATIONS 1989 - REG 5

5—Incident management systems

        (1)         The Board will prepare and maintain an overall plan for fighting fires and dealing with other emergencies in the country (the "Incident Management System ).

        (2)         The objective of the Incident Management System will be to achieve—

            (a)         the greatest possible effectiveness and efficiency in the operations of the C.F.S. in the case of a fire or other emergency; and

            (b)         the greatest possible protection of life and property in the case of a fire or other emergency.

        (3)         Each C.F.S. organisation must prepare and maintain a plan for the implementation of the Incident Management System in its area of responsibility (an "Incident Response Plan").

        (4)         A plan under subregulation (3) must—

            (a)         set incident response goals;

            (b)         set out strategies for fighting fires and dealing with other emergencies in its area, and provide for the periodical review of those strategies;

            (c)         set out procedures to facilitate co-ordination between the C.F.S. organisation and other recognised emergency services;

            (d)         provide for the optimum use of equipment and other resources;

            (e)         set goals for the training and proficiency of the members of the C.F.S. organisation.

        (5)         A C.F.S. organisation must, in order to ensure that it can implement the Incident Management System in accordance with its plan—

            (a)         work to achieve and maintain the highest possible standards in the following organisational areas:

                  (i)         operations;

                  (ii)         planning;

                  (iii)         logistics;

                  (iv)         finance;

            (b)         carefully manage its equipment and other resources and work (so far as may be reasonable) to develop and improve that equipment and those resources;

            (c)         encourage and support the training and development of its members.



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