Fire Safety & Risk Management
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The Fire Safety Order 2005 (FSO) became law on the 1st October 2006. From that moment on, the Fire Service were no longer responsible for ensuring your workplace is safe from fire.
You may ask how does this affect my business or company? In simple terms you are now responsible by law to appoint a “responsible person” to ensure that your workplace is safe from fire. Responsibility for fire safety will fall upon that person and they will be accountable under the new legislation.
You are required by law to provide a risk assessment that will be audited by the Fire Service, along with any associated documents.
Failure to provide an adequate risk assessment may lead to prosecution.
This is where we at Total Professional Solutions come in. We are able to provide you with risk assessments that are fully compliant with the Fire Authority’s requirements ensuring the following:
- Appropriate measures and taken to reduce the fire risk
- Appropriate measures that limit the spread of flame
- Appropriate detection and warning devices in case of fire
- Appropriate measures to ensure that means of escape can be effectively used at all times
- Appropriate portable fire extinguishers for the risk identified in means of fire fighting
- Appropriate signs and notices to enable persons to escape safely
- Ensuring people understand the action to be taken in the event of fire on the premises, including:
- Instruction and training of staff
- Measures to lessen the effects of fire
If you employ 5 or more people you must carry out and record the findings of fire risk assessment to comply with the new fire legislation.
We at Total Professional Solutions can also ensure your nominated “responsible person”
knows what is required under the new legislation. You can
count on us to work with you to ensure that, as an employer, you are
providing a safe environment for your employees in their
workplace.
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free initial survey.
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