NFRS Command Training & Ops Assurance

Our aim, is to have good, safe and effective commanders, leading teams, promoting a positive culture and always learning.

The sessions will be based on their feedback and data taken from their @EffectivCommand portfolios. Which each session tailored not only to our service objectives and trends, but also their personal needs.

We are just wrapping up after a busy old week! This week we revalidated four level 1 commanders, who have shown us some good command skills and knowledge. The format for these revalidation’s is changing this month.

It wasn’t appropriate to take photos at todays incident. We managed to snap this one of the air ambulance crew landing, but as we are terrible at taking photos. It’s actually a photo of a tree. We are completely ‘blown away’ (pun intended) by their professionalism.

Also a shout out to one of their crew, who successfully passed his “Entry Control Board Operative” assessment with our training team at Chelveston! Well done. 👏

This afternoon, our team along side the awesome crew from @DaventryFire attended a Road Traffic Collision. Excellent understanding of @jesip999 principles between our crew and blue light partners.

Great East Midlands Command and Control User Group, brilliant regional working thanks to @FBUEastMidlands @nottsfire @LincsFireRescue @DerbyshireFRS @NFRSCTOA for attending and special thanks to Group Manager from @northantsfire for giving us a talk about NILO #onlysolutions

We are midway through our Officer development and update training! Some fantastic discussions around tactics, roles and command. After lunch we are moving on to some tricky exercises, designed to push, develop and challenge them.

@ronnie8830 @ExCFONhants @northantsfire @NFCC_FireChiefs @firefighters999 ⬆️ Well said Ronnie.

@ExCFONhants @northantsfire @NFCC_FireChiefs @firefighters999 Best chief ever. Enjoy your retirement boss.

So have changed my Twitter Handle following retirement yesterday. No longer @FireChiefNhants now @ExCFONhants for now. Still supporting all things @northantsfire @NFCC_FireChiefs @firefighters999 and the Fire Service and Emergency Services in general. #Bluelights

We had a great day with our regional friends! It’s been a few years since we were all able to get together m. Massive thanks to Batch and John for hosting, professional as always.

Today we look forward in welcoming @nottsfire @DerbyshireFRS @NFRSCTOA @LincsFireRescue to our Command Centre today for our first face to face Regional @XVRsimulation user group and Incident Command trainers. Will be a great day #onlysolutions

The final stage is our major debrief, which is being co-ordinated by our Joint Operations Team. This important phase makes sure we can learn any lessons, and better prepare for the future. #KnockOffMakeUp

A big thank you to everyone who took part, and helped make it possible. We all hope we never see an incident like this. But are assured that should it happen, we know what we are doing.

The operational delivery of Exercise Freya is now completed. The command structure went from ‘Entry Control Operative’ through to the ‘Gold commander’ and our incredible partners! (Shown in this photos left to right)

@NFRSCTOA delivered a Strategic Co-ordinating Group exercise today to test Northamptonshire’s strategic response to a major incident. @MoultonCollege @EMASNHSTrust @NorthantsPolice @NHSEngland @northantsfire @WestNorthants all involved with some great learning outcomes #JESIP

While our exercise is taking place, using the latest technology our assessor Assistant Chief Fire Officer @robporters is remotely monitoring. All actions and briefings are being carefully scrutinised using a behavioural marking scheme. Candidate feedback planned for later today.

The exercise has attracted the attention of central Government, who have requested a briefing. The group are now preparing this.

⬆️ this is an exercise.

Tactical coordination group give an update to Fire Gold and the strategic group, confirming the number of fatalities, persons unaccounted for, and the structure of the now collapsed building.