Outcome of consultation on COVID-19 health and safety risk assessment and vaccination policy

Late last month, Fire and Emergency consulted on a revised Vaccination Policy and COVID-19 Health and Safety Risk Assessment. Changes were proposed in response to the evolving COVID-19 environment and the Government’s subsequent removal of many COVID-19 restrictions.

Consultation closed on Thursday, 29 September. Seven submissions were received, and these were largely in support of the proposal.

Following careful consideration of all submissions, it is confirmed that:

• There is no Fire and Emergency health and safety requirement for any roles to be either carried out by vaccinated personnel or for individuals to return a negative COVID-19 test before undertaking any of their work activities.
• There is no Fire and Emergency health and safety requirement for individuals who are travelling internationally for work purposes to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Individuals must still comply with any COVID-19 controls required by carriers, airports, countries being entered etc and with Fire and Emergency’s Travel Policy, International Travel Policy, any insurance related requirements and other relevant conditions for travel including any requirements for international deployments.
• As there are no vaccination requirements at present, Fire and Emergency is no longer seeking vaccination status from personnel.
   

You can read the full Decision Document, Vaccination Policy and Health and Safety Risk Assessment below.

• Decision document for review of COVID-19 risk assessment and vaccination policy [PDF, 727 KB]
• COVID-19 Risk Assessment [PDF, 124 KB]
• Vaccination Policy [PDF, 763 KB]