Kommunalt risk- och säkerhetsarbete. En bakgrundsstudie för nya utbildningen i Skydd mot olyckor

The purpose with this report is twofold. 1) To examine the safety-work in Swedish communities and 2) how progressive changes can be integrated into the present work. The aim is to counsel community risk- and safety work through: - Describing different safety actors involved in the areas of responsibility and cooperation. - Give suggestions on present models to achieve safe communities. - Summarize the laws that govern and influence a safe community. - Give suggestions on how the competence achieved through the new professional Fire, rescue and safety training can be utilized in risk- and safety work. A brief summary of the contents and conclusions of the report are that the developments that occur today in the area of the community’s risk and safety work thru new education, increased cooperation and new and coming laws is a step in the right direction towards higher safety and better handling of accidents. The Swedish public sector in a whole has to increase the engagement and the resources regarding risk and safety work. To our help there are several models and tools regarding safety work and there will soon be a new category of workers, Safety and rescue workers, from the education Fire, rescue and safety training, which will be to great help in the strive to reach a safer community