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There are currently 13 Fire & Rescue Services (FRS) teams that support UKFSSART and are present on the duty rota. These FRS teams are divided into 2 rota groups, each rota group works a 4-month cycle. The cycle involves periods of 'immediate response' and 'secondary response'.
Once a deployment takes place the Secondary Response group will become the Immediate Response group for the remaining rota period and the next planned rota period before returning to secondary response. There will be an internal rota within each rota group and the 6th/7th team in each rota will be deployed to the airport but may not be deployed onto the plane. This will provide resilience to each deployment in case of accident or non-availability.
Operations Officer
At least 1 Operations Officer will be selected from amongst the teams making up each rota group. On deployment the Operations Officer will be responsible for the tactical planning and operational management of the fire service teams.
 
YEAR 1st January - 30th April 1st May - 31st August 1st September - 31st December
2009/10 B C A
2010/11 C A B
2011/12 A B C
GROUP Immediate Response Standby Team Field Commander Team Leader
A Hampshire
Kent
Essex
West Sussex 		Cheshire
Leicestershire
West Midlands
Mid & West Wales
South Wales
Hampshire
Essex
Kent
West Sussex 		Essex
Lancashire
West Sussex
B Cheshire
Mid & West wales
West Midlands
Leicestershire		 Grampian
Lancashire
Lincolnshire
Gtr Manchester 		Cheshire
Mid & west wales
Gtr Manchester
South Wales
West Midlands 		Essex
Lancashire
West Sussex
C Grampian
Lnacashire
Lincolnshire
Gtr Manchester 		Hampshire
Essex
Kent
West Sussex 		Lancashire
Lincolnshire		 Essex
Lancashire
West Sussex
Each year, the rota cycle changes in order to give a fair distribution of the restrictions associated with immediate response. So that Christmas and other public holidays can be divided equally between the rota groups, the cycle varies year on year.
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