A review of the already-published Operational Competence Fire Standard took place in early 2025, with a consultation on the proposed amendments following shortly after.
The below You Said, We Did report outlines the amendments made to the standard based on the feedback received throughout the review and from the wider consultation.
Approved Standard
Take a look at the Fire Standard that was published following your feedback to the consultation.
Desired Outcome
| You Said | We Did |
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| Employees should be trained and competent to apply the hazard and control measures. | Amended the first paragraph of the desired outcome to include that employees should be competent. |
| Competency should be defined. | NFCC are doing work in this space and will develop guidance and methodologies to support competence. |
Expected Benefits of the Fire Standard
| You Said | We Did |
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| The benefits were presented more as statements rather than benefits. | The language was made clearer across a number of benefits. |
| Improved decision making and financial planning benefits the public. | A new benefit was added to incorporate this. |
Linked Qualifications, Accreditations or Fire Standards
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| NFCC Leadership Framework and NFCC Core Learning Pathways should be included. | These items were added. |
Other Feedback
| You Said | We Did |
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| There is duplication with the Fire Control Fire Standard. | We acknowledge there is some duplicative reference to Fire Control within the Operational Competence Fire Standard, however it was felt that Fire Control is often not given full visibility when examining wider operational activities and competence. It was felt the inclusion of Fire Control was appropriate and did not detract from the overall intent of the standard. |