DECON

Conference commends the progressive work undertaken by Professor Anna Stec, the University of Central Lancashire and the Fire Brigades Union to identify and mitigate firefighter exposure to cancer causing carcinogens.

Conference also acknowledges the absence of decontamination within National Operational Guidance (NOG).

This lack of inclusion falls short of protecting firefighters from exposure by not recognising it formally within national guidance documents.

NOG must include DECON principles to effect positive and necessary cultural change on the fireground enabling all firefighters to decontaminate and remove carcinogens effectively throughout the process of an incident.

Conference instructs the Executive Council to ensure that the principles of DECON, where relevant, are integrated into NOG at a national level.