Fire Safety Training
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or the Fire Safety Order came into force on 1 October 2006. The Order affects all non-domestic premises and even applies to certain activities taking place outdoors. The Fire Safety Order places the emphasis towards risk reduction and fire prevention. Fire certificates are no longer issued.
Responsibility for complying with the Fire Safety Order rests with the 'responsible person'. In a workplace, this is the employer and any other person who may have control of any part of the premises, for example, the occupier or owner.
If you are the responsible person you must carry out a fire risk assessment which must focus on the safety in case of fire of all 'relevant persons'. It should pay particular attention to those at special risk, such as young people, the disabled and those with special needs, and must include consideration of any dangerous substance likely to be on the premises. You will also need to produce an 'emergency plan'.
Your fire risk assessment will help you identify risks that can be removed or reduced and to decide the nature and extent of the general fire precautions you need to take to protect people against the fire risks that remain.
The emergency plan and the findings of the risk assessment must be recorded. The details must include existing control measures, those which will be put in place and any persons identified as being especially at risk. |
