M2 - Scene preservation

The first officer on the scene must record the time, date and weather condition. Then they must cordon and preserve the scene to the largest extent. this is important because it ensures that no one can enter the scene and contaminate or destroy any physical evidence which may jeopardise the investigation. specialist units also take a part in preserving the scene. The police have a specialist unit who are trained to deal with scenes of crimes they are trained in looking and detecting almost invisible evidence, they are also trained in how to handle the evidence they they don't contaminate or destroy it themselves. The fire serive water rescue unit assit if there is a spillage which could result in evidence being destroyed. The police serive personel are not allowed to intervene with casulties as it may still contaminate evidence.

M1 - The Role of the Ambulance Service

1. To save life along with all the other emeregncy services


2. To provide treatment, stabilisation and care of those injured at the scene


3. To provide appropriate transport, medical staff, eqipment and resocurses


4. To establish effective traige points and systems and determine the priority evacuation needs of those injured


5. To provide focal point at the incident for all National Health Service and other medical resources


6. To provide communication facilities for NHS resoucres at the scene, with direct radio links to recive those injured to hospital, control facilites and any other agencey as required;


7. To nominate and alert the reciving hospitals from the officail list of hospitals to recive those injured.


8. To provide transport to the incident scene for the medical incident officer (MIO), mobile medical/surgical teams and their equipment.


9. To arragnge the most appropriate means of transporting those injured to the reciving specialist hospitals.


10. To maintain emergency cover throughout the area and return to a state of normality after the earliest time.
    

M1 - Explain the roles and responsibilities of the key services attending an emergency incident

The fire services responsibiltes are:-

1. Life-saving through search and rescue.


2. Fire fighting and fire prevention


3. Rendering humanitarian services


4. management of hazardous materials and protecting the environment


5. salvage and damage control


6. safety management within the inner cordon

M1 - Explain the roles and responsibilities of the key services attending an emergency incident.

The Police Service responsibilities are as follows:-

1. To protect life along with all the other emergency services.


2. To co-ordinate the emergency services, local authorities and other organisations who support the emergency services by assisting at the incident.


3. To secure, protect and preserve the scene and sightseers and traffic with the use of marshalls and cordons.


4. The investigation of the incident and obtaining and securing evidence in conjunction with other investigative bodies.


5. The collection and distribution of casualty information.


6. The identification of the dead on behalf of her Majesty's coroner.


7. To prevent crime.


8. Short term measures to restore normality after the incident.