Wind Power: Fire Prevention
(asked on 12th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5139 on Wind Power: Fire Prevention, whether offshore wind farms are within the jurisdiction of the fire service.
This question was answered on 18th December 2023
Offshore windfarms do not fall within the jurisdiction of Fire and Rescue Authorities who are responsible only up to the low water mark.
In relation to onshore installations, every Fire and Rescue Authority must assess foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect their communities and put in place arrangements to prevent and mitigate those risks.66
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