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fire brigade) be notified of an incident?
                                                                 What information about the particular dangers in the confined space will be given to them on their arrival?
                                                                 Have prior arrangements been made with local emergency services to ensure they are able to respond in a reasonable time and have the specialist confined space retrieval equipment readily available?

First aid and rescue procedures must be rehearsed with relevant workers to ensure that they are efficient and effective.

Rescue should be performed from outside the confined space, if possible. Workers performing rescue must be adequately trained. Rescuers must be provided with and wear appropriate respiratory protective equipment if they enter a confined space in an emergency.
If a person inside a confined space has been overcome by lack of oxygen or airborne contaminants, it should always be assumed that entry for rescue is unsafe unless air-supplied respiratory protective equipment is used.
Potential problems with the size of entrances and exits must be addressed when developing emergency and rescue procedures. Where openings are found to be inadequate, their size should be increased, or an alternative safe means of entry and exit should be provided.

   7.        HOW TO REVIEW CONTROL MEASURES

Control measures that have been implemented must be reviewed, and if necessary, revised to make sure they work as planned and to maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a work environment that is without risks to health and safety.

Regulation 38: A person conducting a business or undertaking must review and as necessary revise risk control measures:
    * when the control measure does not minimise the risk so far as is reasonably practicable
    * before a change at the workplace that is likely to give rise to a new or different health and safety risk that the control measure may not effectively control
    * if a new hazard or risk is identified
    * if the results of consultation indicate that a review is necessary
    * if a health and safety representative requests a review.
Control measures may be reviewed using the same methods as the initial hazard identification step.
In undertaking the review, consult workers involved in the confined space work and their health and safety representatives and consider the following questions:
    * Are the control measures working effectively in both their design and operation?
    * How effective is the risk assessment process? Are all hazards being identified?
    * Are workers actively involved in the risk management process? Are they openly raising health and safety concerns and reporting problems promptly?
    * Have new work methods or new equipment made the job safer?
    * Are safety procedures being followed?
    * Has instruction and training provided to workers been successful?
    * If new legislation or new