FOI / 4089 / 2020 - First Aid/Mental Health Training

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.

Please see below the answers to your request.

Question and final Response:

Please can I make an FOI Request for the following information:

1. What First Aid Training and Mental Health Training, if any, do you provide to your staff?

·We run Casualty Care Phem D Courses for our Operational Staff

·We run Emergency First Aid at Work Courses for our Support Staff

·We run First Aid at Work Courses for our Workshops Engineers

·We run Mental Health Awareness for Managers

·We have just started running Adult Mental Health First Aid 

2. The current provider of First Aid Training and Mental Health Training to your staff and contract expiry date?

·Mental Health Awareness for Managers-Delivered by NHS Foundation

·Adult Mental Health First Aid-Delivered by Kent Fire & Rescue

·Emergency First Aid Training & First Aid at Work-Delivered in house by Qualified NUCO Trainers

·Casualty Care-Delivered by CIPHER

The name of the person responsible at your organisation for First Aid Training and Mental Health Training? 

·The Lead for First Aid Training is David Fergusson (Learning & Development Officer)

·The Lead for Mental Health Training is Vince Langley (Occupational Health)