O ystyried difrifoldeb gwaith ein gwasanaeth tân, ceir rhai pryderon yn adroddiad y Prif Gynghorydd Tân ac Achub y mae rhaid mynd i’r afael â nhw. Mae ei adolygiad diweddaraf yn datgelu sawl gwendid difrifol yn y ffordd bresennol o gynllunio, rheoli a darparu hyfforddiant. Er bod arferion da i’w gweld, canfu fod gormod yn cael ei adael i is-swyddogion, mewn gorsafoedd tân unigol, nad ydynt bob amser yn cael eu cefnogi’n llawn i sicrhau safonau cyson ar lefel ddigon uchel ar draws y Gwasanaeth. Mae cyfleusterau hyfforddi mewn llawer o orsafoedd tân yn gyfyngedig, ac mae cyfleoedd i ddefnyddio cyfleusterau mwy cynhwysfawr a realistig yn cael eu llesteirio gan yr angen i deithio a chynnal darpariaeth weithredol yr un pryd. Mae hefyd dystiolaeth bod rhai tactegau diffodd tân yn dal i gael eu dysgu er bod ymchwil helaeth wedi bwrw amheuaeth ar ba mor ddiogel ac effeithiol ydyn nhw. Ceir enghreifftiau o’u defnydd mewn digwyddiadau o amgylch y byd lle y mae’n ddigon posibl eu bod wedi cyfrannu at farwolaethau diffoddwyr tân. Rwy’n gwybod y byddai pob un ohonom am wneud popeth posibl i ddiogelu’r rhai sy’n gwasanaethu ein cymunedau.
Given the gravity of the work our fire service carries out, there are some concerns in the CFRA’s report that must be addressed. The CFRA’s latest review uncovers several serious weaknesses in how training is currently planned, managed and delivered.  It finds that while good practice exists, too much is left to the discretion of junior officers, based at individual fire stations, who are not always fully supported to ensure consistent standards are at a sufficiently high level, across the Service. Training facilities at many fire stations are limited, with opportunities to use more comprehensive and more realistic facilities being constrained by the need to travel whilst maintaining operational cover.  There is evidence also of certain firefighting tactics still being taught despite their safety and effectiveness having been called into question by extensive research, and examples of their use at incidents around the world where they may well have contributed to firefighter fatalities.  I know that each and every one of us would want to do all that is possible to protect those who serve our communities.