Consultation outcome

Notice of Proposed Amendment: DSA DFSR 02 Defence Aerodrome Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) Regulations

• From: Ministry of Defence and Defence Safety Authority
• Published: 25 April 2019
• Last updated: 24 September 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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DSA DFSR 02 ARFF consultation responses

PDF, 442 KB, 71 pages

Detail of outcome

Sentencing has been completed following closure of the consultation period for DSA DFSR 02: Aerodrome Rescue Fire Fighting Regulations.

The Sentencing Panel consisting of the DFSR Fire & Rescue (Oversight & Assurance) Team together with a representative from the Military Aviation Authority are pleased to be able to provide the following consultation responses

Please read the DSA DFSR 02: Aerodrome Rescue Fire Fighting Regulations.

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Original consultation

Summary

This draft publication specifies Defence Regulations for Aerodrome rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) and is subject to a 2 month consultation period.

This consultation ran from
11 April 2019 to 11:59pm on 13 June 2019

Consultation description

The following from within the Regulated Community (RC) are invited to comment: Aviation Duty holders (ADH), Aviation Duty Holder Facing (ADH-F), Head of Establishments with ADH or ADH-F responsibilities and Aerodrome Managers/Military Flying (AM/MF).

Feedback is through a single Excel template file on the internal MOD SharePoint webpages.

Background

Ownership of Joint Services Publication (JSP) 426 Vol 3 Leaflet 2 MOD Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services transferred to DSA Defence Fire Service Regulator (DFSR) in 2016, where it separated fire safety regulations from ARFF regulations. Consequently, ARFF regulations were published under cover of a Defence Instruction Notice (DIN) 2016DIN06-010. The JSP has been subjected to a significant rewrite and retitled DSA DFSR 02 ARFF Regulations.

Changes include

• the regulations mirroring the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulatory Article (RA) layout
• a re-introduction of helicopter categories
• the introduction of remission ractors under guidance material
• reduced hazard profile categories
• a recalculation of aircraft categories

Purpose of Consultation

The objective of this process is to conduct a pre-implementation review of the new ARFF regulations to ensure that they, and any subsequent amendments, meet the needs of defence. The consultation also aims to ensure that any incoherence, contradiction or inconsistency is addressed.

Feedback is invited on the following areas:

• air or flight safety impact
• operational impact
• error or omission
• timescale for implementation
• cost of implementation
• amendment to internal process/orders
• resourcing the outcome of change
• contract amendments necessary because of the change

Documents

Notice of Proposed amendment: DSA DFSR 02: Defence Aerodrome Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) Regulations

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Published 25 April 2019
Last updated 24 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 24 September 2019

   Added the DSA DFSR 02 ARFF consultation response.

2. 25 April 2019

   First published.