Afternoon all,
So after some time out I've decided I'm getting back in, wanted to know what the have in the blocks as when I left it was only microwaves in the 'kitchen'.
Only wandering due to being fed up of mess Hall scoff.
For permanent accommodation (X & Y have different entitlements) you should be provided with:
Microwave
Fridge
Kettle (or hot water boiler)
Time limited hobs (Likely that most wont have these due to failure to meet fire regulation, and in a few modern builds they were fitted for but not with hobs
The above should be provided in the ‘kitchenette snack preparation area’.
Toasters are not an entitlement in SLA, but many locations issued them to QMs on request, so there was a perceived entitlement & when I was subject lead I endorsed them making it almost policy to provide them
The ‘cooking in the block’ trial a few years ago in Aldershot brought in ECAB endorsement of additional items such as George Formans and electric woks. This trial was under PAC and sets the fire requirements.
Recently FYB had posts where someone in Larkhill has decided that policy does not apply, with ‘this should not have been sent to this garrison’
It is entirely intended to apply to Larkhill as that is part of PAC and the trial was intended to identify what is suitable for that PFI contract (As PAC holds liability for fire & insures the PAC estate for fire)
Either someone is being a cock in Larkhill or has not bothered to take the actions required to bring their SLA to standard
These extra items are not Army funded, but a list of what soldiers would be permitted to bring in. Units may opt to use their own fundi
Outside of PAC, it has always been up to the local commander to decide what self catering is permitted and what personal items can be used (except for in bedrooms where it is forbidden)
The cooking in the block paper was used as guidance for places outside of PAC
Where there are blanket bans forbidding soldiers from using their own items it only causes them to be hidden and for midnight drunken cooking fires
An edition of Soldier magazine covered when the results of the trial went into army policy, and its referenced in the army healthy cook book.