Fire Service:
Fire service will be very fast on the scene of an incident as they will need to help the other services as well as reassure the safety of others. They will take care of any leaks of dangerous substances that they can find and they will need to dilute it to ensure the safety of the environment, they will also have to make sure that there is no risk of fire and if there is they will need to put it down first before doing anything else. The fire service will take any causality and move them into the outside perimeter where the ambulance will set up a casualty point. The priority for them will be dealing with the incident as the key factor then they will try to help other services. They will need to treat the scene of an incident as a crime scene although it could have been an accident but to make sure no evidence are lost they will need to take care when dealing with an incident.
Accident investigation: Fatal Road traffic collisions:
If there is a road traffic collision the first service that will be there will be the police as they are the ones patrolling the roads and when they will get there they will set up the inside perimeter as well as the outside perimeter. They will first need to make sure the incident area is safe from any dangers like other cars on the road or motorway, so it is unlikely that any other accident will happen. They will also need to make another route is open so the traffic is flowing smoothly so they might make a diversion or open one of the lanes on a motorway so the rest of the traffic can get to their place on time and the highway maintenance team might help them with that. The next services that will come to the scene will be the fire and ambulance services. The ambulance will need to take care of any causality and make sure everyone is safe; if anyone will be very badly hurt they will be taken to the nearest hospital. The fire service will need to put down any fires that might have been there due to the crash, make sure there are no leaks from the vehicles e.g. oil, petrol, diesel or anything else, they will also need to disconnect and remove the batteries from the vehicles to make sure everything is safe so they will not end up with a much bigger problem. The fire service will also help to get the people from trapped cars where the roof or the doors might have been squashed during the collision as they have the specialist tools needed for the job.
Then there will be an investigation about the accident to recognize whether it was an accident and whose fault was it. There will be many things that will be considered during the investigation for example the condition of the vehicles like they will check if the cars have good tires, good brakes, if there was anything wrong with them, they will also check the weather, the condition of the road, they will check for brake marks on the road, type of the road, the speed limit and most important they will look for any signs of dangerous driving. All of these signs will help to identify whose fault was it and how did the accident happen.
Need for the Fire Investigation:
If there is for example a house fire, most probably the first service that will be sent to the incident scene will be the fire service. The fire service will need to investigate all fire, they will need to find out what was the cause of the fire e.g. microwave, cigarette, TV, they will also need to find out what was the accelerant of the fire e.g. fuel, oil, gas. These information’s will help them to come to a conclusion whether it was an accident or was it done on purpose.
The main problems with fire’s is that they destroy the evidence leaving the fire service with very little evidence but the good side is that whenever anything burns it always leaves ash after it has been burned this way they can identify what was the cause of the fire.
When they have finished the investigation they will need to create a report. The report will need to include the type of the fire, the cause of the fire and number of causalities if there was any. The fire service will then go back to their reports to see if there are any patterns between the fires that they had to put down and then they will be able to go to the public and teach them from the previous mistakes of other people so the fires will drop in numbers.
Role of Health and Safety Executive: Accidents in Work Place:
The health and safety executive will make sure everyone is safe in the workplace. If there happens an accident in the workplace he will be the one taking care of everything, the health and safety executive will first need to gather all the information’s of what has happened and then collect all the evidence possible e.g. the CCTV record as well as speak to people that has seen what happened. They will then need to create a report. They will also help the victim of the accident to claim money from the insurance company.
British Transport Police: Accidents on the Railways:
When an accident on the Railways or in the underground happens then there will need to be a need for a accident investigation which will be done by the British Transport Police who will try to identify what was the cause of the accident, if it was an accident or was it someone’s fault and what has happened. There will be many things considered on the case. The train will need to be quickly cleaned up from the accident scene as it will stop all the other trains going to their destinations which would make a lot of problems as well as a major loss of money for the transporting company.
Security for Scene Preservation: Use of Cordons:
It is very important for the scene preservation to cordon off the area. The area needs to be isolated from public because if it wasn’t this would make a huge problem as then the unauthorized people might come into the incident area and destroy the evidence by an accident which will then cause a lot of hassle for the service that will be doing the investigation. The cordons are also used to keep the media away from the accident scene which is very good in controlling the flow of information’s between the media and the public.
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