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Useful Information

This page contains information which anyone wanting to know more about disability issues in the fire service might find useful. If you have suggestions for additions to this page, please email our webmaster.

Guidance documents:

Statutory Code of Practice on Employment and Occupation

(this is the official code of practice that Employment Tribunals refer to when they are deciding if discrimination on the grounds of disability has happened)

Guidance for the Fire Service on Employing Disabled Firefighters (word version)

Guidance for the Fire Service on Employing Disabled Firefighters (PDF version)

(known as the Red Book, this guidance was developed with the Disability Rights Commission)

Guidance on employing firefighters with Diabetes (PDF file)

Fire Service Equality and Diversity Strategy (PDF)

Claimant's Companion to Employment Tribunals (this is a PDF file)

Guidance for Trade Union Representatives on  Representing and Supporting Members with Mental Health Problems at Work (PDF file)

(this document was developed for the TUC by our expert adviser on the DDA Michelle Valentine. It is useful for people with mental health problems and for FBU or RFU officers)

Joint Guidance from the Health and Safety Executive and the Disability Rights Commission on Balancing Health and Safety Issues with Disability Equality in  Employment (links to a set of web pages on the HSE's website)

Health and Safety for Disabled People and Their Employers - Case Studies

(this document was developed with the HSE by our expert adviser on the DDA Michelle Valentine)

 

Useful organisations and links:

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) website

International Register of Firefighters with Diabetes website

Networking Women in the Fire Service  website

Retained Firefighters Union (RFU) website

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