The Act – Section by Section Part 2 – Fire and Rescue Services Chapter 3 – Ancillary functions Section 13 – Power to respond to other eventualities
23.This section provides relevant authorities with discretion to equip, and respond to, events beyond its core functions provided for at sections 8 to 11 and 61. Such an authority will be free to act where it believes there is a risk to life or the environment. This would allow, for example, specialist activities such as rope rescue.