01/03/2021
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Action
All operational personnel are to:
inspect their Level 2 gloves for wear and tear
check the fit of their gloves using the PPE Inspection and maintenance guide
complete SMS Task: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Quarterly Check.
08/12/2020
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Urgently check the circlip fasteners on the pawl arrester device on the AS aluminium trussed 10.5 & 14m (464) rescue ladders as detailed below.
04/09/2020
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
This notice is to provide a reminder around preparing landing zones, and raising awareness around potential hazards, including fixed or unsecured objects that could become dislodged due to pressure from rotor wash.If you experience a near miss or accident from rotor wash, enter the event into Safe@Work
21/08/2020
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Action
Remove any in-line valves used for airbags that are not fitted with a relief valve and return them to your Region Equipment Coordinator. Note that the new Sava relief/shut-off valves are fitted with a bleed valve that must be closed when the airbag is inflated.
10/08/2020
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
ActionCorrect procedure must be followed when returning contaminated garments to TotalCare for cleaning, repair or replacement. This National Safety Notice replaces National Notice 023/2016. Situation
The correct procedure when returning contaminated garments to TotalCare is detailed in the Uniform and PPE Equipment Manual N2 TM.
30/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Check all standpipes. If any are found to have welded barrels they are to be removed immediately from service and the Region Equipment Coordinator is to be contacted for a replacement.
23/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Continue to make sure cleansing wipes are on all trucks for personal decontamination on the incident ground.
26/09/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Ensure all personnel take care when operating appliance bay doors.
12/09/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
ActionCommunicate this notice to all personnel. SituationFire and Emergency has trailers with two different size of couplings – 1 7/8” and 50mm. It is essential that the tow ball on the towing vehicle is the same size as the coupling on each trailer being towed.
11/07/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
ActionNote that St John have issued a Safety Alert to their staff as they have had several reports of personnel who are performing CPR receiving electric shocks during defibrillation for cardiac arrest. No one has been injured.