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FireSafety

Fire risk assessment

Colin de Jongh

Health and Safety Manager


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Regulatory Reform Order

(Fire Safety) Enacted 1stOctober 2006

Fire certificates cease to have effect

New duty holder Responsible Person

Must carry out a fire risk assessment


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Responsible Person

The person who has to any extent thecontrol of :

A workplacethe employer,managers, supervisors etc.

The premisesowner, occupier or

agent


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General Fire Precautions

Reduce the risk and spread of fire

Ensure means of escape at all times

Fire fighting measures on premises

Fire detection and warnings of

Action in the case of fire Training and instruction

Measures to mitigate the effects


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Anyquestions?


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Main causation of fires(12 months Jan 05 to Dec 05)

1. Deliberate ignition - 53

2. Electrical - 34

3. Cooking - 13

4. Friction, heat and sparks - 12

5. Smoking materials - 116. Naked light - 4

>250K


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Organisations

(12 months Jan 05 to Dec 05)

1. Dwellings - 27

2. Local/national government25

3. Hospitality & food and drink industry - 13

4. Retail12

5.

Chemical Industry - 116. Education - 9 >250K


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Fire safety risk assessment

1. Identify the fire hazards

2. Identify the people at risk

3. Evaluate, remove or reduce, and protectfrom risk

4. Record, plan, inform, instruct, and train

5. Review


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1. Identify the fire hazards

Identify:

Sources of ignition

Sources of fuel

Sources of oxygen


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The fire triangle


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Sources of ignition

ARSON

Smokers materials

Naked flames Electrical, gas,

portable heatingequipment

Hot processes- paintstripping, welding

Lighting equipment


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Sources of fuel

Flammable liquidbased products

Packaging materials Waste products

Stationary

Soft furnishings and

furniture Some construction

materials


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Sources of Oxygen

The air around us

Air conditioning

Some chemicals Oxygen supplies

cylinder storage

Pyrotechnics


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2. Identify the people at risk

Employees especiallythose who work alone

Vulnerable people Contractors

Young people

Other people in theimmediate vicinity

Fire fighters


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3. Evaluate, remove, reduce,

and protect from risk

Evaluate the risk of a fire occurring:-Accidentally

By act or omission

Deliberately


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3. Evaluate, remove, reduce, and

protect from riskEvaluate the risk to people

Fire is spread by:

Convection

Conduction

Radiation

Contact or direct heat


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Smoke movement through a

building


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Why do we close fire doors?


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Why we do close fire doors


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Evaluating the risks to people

Consider:

Fires on lower floors can affect escape routes for

those on upper floors Fires developing in unoccupied spaces which

people have to pass

Spread of fire or smoke via vertical shafts and

service or ventilation ducts Fires in service rooms affecting hazardous

materials


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Remove or reduce the hazards

- sources of fuel Ensure flammable materials, liquids and

gases are kept to a minimum and stored

properly Do not keep flammable solids, liquids and

gases together

Remove combustible waste daily

Store waste materials securely away frombuildings.


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Remove or reduce the hazards

to people Ensure that any risks remaining to people

are controlled

Provide systems to warn people and allowthem to escape in the event of fire

Provide adequate exits for the number of

people present


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Fire detection and warning systems

System will depend on the size and layoutof the building

It should provide adequate warning in theevent of a fire

Automatic or manual?

You may/will need special arrangementsfor people with disabilities


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Fire-fighting equipment and

facilities Can reduce the risk of a small fire (waste

paper bin) developing into a larger one

Controlling a fire in the early stages canreduce the risk to people

There should be enough portableextinguishers suitable for the risk

They should be sited throughout thepremises at suitable locations


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facilities

Co2 Foam Powder Water


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facilities Class A firerule of thumb one water

extinguisher for every 200m minimum 2

per floor

Additional risksappropriate type &number of extinguishers. See BS 5306-8


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Escape routes

Escape routes should be:

Suitable

Easily, safely and immediately usable at all times Adequate for the number of people

Free from any obstructions, slip or trips hazards

Available for access by the emergency services


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Escape routes

Suitable:

Fire resistant construction

Escape routes should not go through otheroccupiers premises

Doors should open in the direction of travel

Be fitted with vision panels if over 60 people


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Emergency evacuation of persons

with mobility impairment Do not use lifts unless alternative power supplies

and protected from smoke Take to refuge and wait for assistance or begin

staged evacuationprovide communications. You must have plans to evacuate without

assistance Consider use of evacuation chairs Provide buddy system for those with visual

impairment Visual alarms in cases of hearing impairment


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Emergency escape lighting

Provided on all escape routes to assist inevacuation and should cover:

Exit doors and escape routes Intersections of corridors

Outside each final exit and external

escape routes and stairways Changes in level

Fire equipment and alarm call points


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Signs and notices

Comply with British orEuropean standards

Not mixed Be fire resistant

British Standard

European Standard


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Installation, testing & maintenance

Installed by competent persons

Maintained in line with manufacturers

guidance

Tested weekly

Inspected quarterly

Records kept for inspection


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questions?


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4. Record, plan, inform, instruct &train

Fire risk assessmentrecorded available forinspection

Actions prioritised and implemented Evacuation plans developed, implemented and

testedat least twice annually or once per term

Employee groups informed of results

Employees, visitors, contractors given adequatetraining and instruction


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5. Review

Review risk assessments, plans etc:

When changes occurchanges to work

processes, alterations to the building orwork patterns

Introduction of new equipment, hazardous

substances, significant increase in peopleAt least annually


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We dont want to

end up like this


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Or this


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questions?

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