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Keep it flowing With water supplies essential for firefighting,


Humberside FRS reveals how it ensures an adequate supply in emergency situations


of water is available for fi refi ghting, as defi ned in the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. HFRS does this within each local authority it serves, including Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Those responsible for the provision of water


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– water authorities such as Yorkshire Water – are obliged to maintain a supply of water in the mains, but not necessarily a supply that is suffi cient for fi refi ghting purposes. The fi re and rescue service (FRS) can discuss options with the water authority to improve the supply. If available supplies are inadequate, this is done by increasing the size or extending the length of a main, but the FRS is liable to bear the cost of such improvements. When attending an incident involving a fi re, the incident commander may request an increase of supply and pressure of water in a specifi c main. This is the duty of the water authority, which allows any person to take water for extinguishing fi res from water mains or from pipes that are fi xed to a fi re hydrant. However, water must not be taken


42 MAY 2019 www.frmjournal.com


T IS Humberside Fire and Rescue Service’s (HFRS’s) responsibility to take all reasonable measures to ensure that an adequate supply


from a fi re hydrant for any other purposes without prior permission being obtained from the water authority. To do so is an offence under section 42 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. An operational crew can also use open


water supplies if the incident requires it, but no open water can be used for exercises without permission being fi rst obtained from the owner of the supply. Where water is used from a canal or open water supply for exercise purposes, every effort will be made to direct the water used back into its original supply.


Working together


HFRS works closely therefore with its respective water authority, Yorkshire Water, to ensure that it has adequate water supplies for fi refi ghting, and that the equipment and fi re hydrants are maintained to a high standard in the event of an incident. This has led to Yorkshire Water delivering Calm


Networks Operational Training to all operational and control room staff, which aims to help the FRS protect access to water for fi refi ghting by ensuring best practice when using fi re hydrants. There are


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