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Firstly, that details are required for every incident type were someone becomes a fatality, casualty or rescue, therefore, not just for fires.
Less detailed information will be required for evacuations and care must be exercised as to when numbers should be included.
Also that the injury should be recorded whether or not it was due to the fire. Therefore, someone having a fire but having a heart attack when the appliance arrives would be deemed as NOT fire related but you will still need to collect the individuals details and answer ‘no’ to being fire related.
Fundamentally yes, FRS’s have a requirement to collect the persons details for everyone that is involved in the incident.
Unfortunately, they were still involved in the incident and therefore their details will need to be gathered by any means available such as the Police, Ambulance or relatives at the scene. For example, a RTC with four occupants all needing oxygen for shock would result in the details added to the IRS for all four.
The only exception to this is on Co-Responder incidents where the FRS personnel did not ‘touch’ or assist the casualty. If this is the case then the personal details are not required.
If a person was to die as a result of injuries sustained while attempting to escape the fire or the effects of a fire i.e. some one leaps/falls to their death from a window because the room is consumed by fire or smoke, then they would be considered a fatality under IRS and be recorded as such.
An exact figure is required as this question forms part of the Best Value Performance Indicator 208.
The definition to use when considering whether someone is an evacuation is whether they have been removed by someone or by themselves to a place of safety from one of harm.
This question is only asked for accidental dwelling fires.
An exact figure is required as this question forms part of the Best Value Performance Indicator 208.
The definition to use when considering whether someone is an evacuation is whether they have been removed by someone or by themselves to a place of safety from one of harm. A person cannot be an evacuation and a casualty. You should take the most serious attribute and record that. For example, a firefighter carries out an unconscious person. In theory the person has been evacuated but the more serious attribute will be that they have become a non-fatal casualty and it is this that should be reported and not the evacuation.
This question is only asked for accidental dwelling fires.
Albeit that the question is the same as 9.2, this relates to all other incidents.
Those that are included here are people that were evacuated with assistance by FRS personnel. If in Q3.6 you had people evacuated by their own means and no-one was evacuated by FRS personnel, you will have to select ‘up to 5’ for the meantime. When the IRS is reviewed, there will be a new option of ‘0’ or ‘none’ added.
This question is only asked for building fire incidents and includes evacuation from the time the alarm is raised to the time the very last person was evacuated. This means that by, the time you arrive, the evacuation had already taken place. If this is the case, then you should try to ascertain the information from the person responsible at the premises.
This question is only asked for building fire incidents and includes evacuation from the time the alarm is raised to the time the very last person was evacuated. This means that by the time you arrive that the evacuation had already taken place. If this is the case then you should try to ascertain the time taken from the person responsible at the premises.
Individuals involved can only be classed in one of the three categories, fatal, injured or rescued. You are required to record the most significant extent of harm. Therefore, for example, a person suffering smoke inhalation who was also rescued by FRS personnel, the most significant extent of harm was the smoke inhalation and they should be recorded as an injury, not as a rescue.
The definition of an injury has changed since the FDR1. An injured person now is anyone that receives first aid (by anyone) or more medical treatment than could be given at the scene. This also includes those advised to seek further medical care whether they actually do or not.
Rescues do not include persons carried out in conjunction with someone else’s evacuation. However, if someone went in to rescue this person then this should be counted as a rescue.
If the casualty was clearly dead when found the removal should not be counted.
However, if someone is rescued and the act could of resulted in their life being saved then this should be counted even if they do not survive. In which case they will be recorded as a fatality with the rescue methods completed. If they do survive then they will be recorded as a ‘Injury’ with the rescue methods completed.
Please estimate the person's age if they are not there or not willing to tell you their age.
For babies under 1 year old enter ‘0’.
Should the person be so badly burnt or disfigured that distinguishing the gender is impossible then enter ‘not known’ or try to use information from the scene to ascertain the gender of the person.
Enter the ethnicity of each person involved. People of a mixed race should be classified to the most appropriate category.
If the ethnicity is not fully known please try to select the most appropriate ‘other ethnic group’ option.
Only use the ‘not known/stated’ option if the ethnicity is completely unknown or you cannot estimate their ethnicity or they refused to answer.
Select the option that best describes from information available where the victim was when the fire started.
This question is only asked for primary building fires.
If the casualty walked out of the property and then started showing the effects of illness due to the incident then they should be entered as ‘other location’ on the IRS.
For each victim, select the option that best describes what the victim was doing at the time that they became a victim, i.e. the driver of a vehicle involved in a RTC would be ‘driver’ those in the car would be ‘passengers’
If any of the victims were rescued as well as being a fatality or casualty along with those purely a rescue then select yes.
Rescues do not include persons carried out in conjunction with someone else’s evacuation. However, if someone went in to rescue this person then this should be counted as a rescue.
If the casualty was clearly dead when found the removal should not be counted.
Enter the surname of every victim but do not include any special characters such as ‘-‘ or ‘ . For example, for O’Brien enter O Brien; for Harvey-Jones enter Harvey Jones.
Only if all other avenues have been exhausted and their surname is not available can you enter ‘Unknown’
The IRS is not expecting you to be medically trained to answer this question! As with so much of the IRS and to some extent the FDR1 before it, this is in your opinion and information gathered at the scene and afterwards.
If the death was due to a RTC or SSC then answer ‘no’. Equally if there was a fire but this caused the occupier to have a heart attack then the answer would be ‘no’.
In your opinion from the evidence gathered at the scene select the option that best corresponds to the nature of injury/cause of death.
Again, this is your opinion and the answer will either be evident from the severity of the incident or the information should be available from the Ambulance crews.
Although this would have been included in the equipment question, please select whether anyone was given oxygen by the FRS.
