Purpose Of Service

Emergency Preparedness Solutions (EPS) located in the heart of Scotland can provide local, convenient, cost effective and flexible production support services to the T.V and film industry.

With our wealth and depth of experience and credibility within the  Emergency Services sector, we are able to provide the required on set support working alongside SFX, Creative, Production, Stunt Teams and Special Effects Departments on productions of all sizes.

With over 35 years of operational experience and emergency services management, we can provide you suitable and sufficient emergency arrangements including mobile fire protection and production health and safety risk assessments and guidance.

We supply a range of resources including teams of fully trained, experienced and qualified firefighters, fire appliances (including off road capability), trauma medical teams, Ambulances and specialist rescue equipment.

Whether your planning for stunt performer burns, car stunts, or special effect scenes involving small fires or high risk fire scenes, with hazardous on set conditions or for simple wet downs, we have the staff, knowledge and equipment to ensure your production is undertaken safely in line with production timelines.

We can also provide guidance for in shot work including realistic firefighting actions as would be expected for various scenes. Our experienced personnel can advise on past and current day practices for effective resource requirements in order for directors to achieve the most suitable and credible take.

We are fully qualified in all aspects of fire, health and safety including risk assessments. By undertaking on site, on set fire risk assessments and emergency response standby assessments, the production team will have all required information to assess how each scene will impact upon the safety of crew and enable all eventualities to be covered.

EPS can provide both health & safety and scene technical advisers to provide guidance and support in order to achieve realism during takes, at the same time implementing suitable and sufficient control measures that ensures the safety of your cast, crew and studios.

Our personnel are fully qualified in municipal, industrial fire, rescue operations, Ambulance response and technical rescue.

Trauma Fire, Rescue emergency response services covering:

• Height rescue.
• Confined space rescue.
• Motor vehicle accident rescue.
• Fire cover.
• Trauma medical.

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