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Members of Infantry Battle School evacuate a casualty during a live firing exercise at the Sennybridge Training Area in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, in 2016
THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revised its protocol on hot weather training for a third time since special forces recruits died from heat-induced illness in the Brecon Beacons.
The department released new guidelines yesterday with basic advice such as the temperature “should be measured at site of maximal heat risk” for the “entire duration of the activity.”
It is their third update to Joint Service Publication (JSP) 539, which covers the prevention of illness from heat, since the department was slammed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2016.
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