Do You Fully Understand Office Fire Safety

1. DoYouFullyUnderstandOfficeFireSafety?

2. Whatever type of business you run, the law requires that you undertake certain obligations with regard to the risk of fire. The relevant law is the RegulatoryReform(FireSafety)Order2005,andoneofthemostimportant thingsthat youneed to doif youare the “responsibleperson”isto conduct an office fire safety assessment, if indeed you run an office, but thesameappliestoanyothernon-domesticpremises. You are the responsible person if you are the owner, employer, landlord, occupier,or anyone elsewho hascontrol of the premises,suchasa building manager, managing agent, and so on. In an office block there can beseveral“responsiblepersons”becausetherecanbedifferent companies occupying the same building and if this is the case you have to worktogether.

3. There are many things to consider when carrying out a fire risk assessmentsuchasfiredetection andwarningsystems, emergency escape routes, fire-fighting equipment, an emergency evacuationplan,andfiresafetytraining. You alsoneed to considerthe needs of vulnerable people. For example,youmayemploysomeonewhoisdisabled,ormayhavea visitor to your office who is. In addition, it is necessary to consider the safe storage of any flammable substances that may be on the premises.

4. Of course, all this can be very difficult if you don’t have suitable training, which the vast majority of businessmen do not. Some things may be obvious, but for instance, do you know what type of fire extinguishers you need, and do youknow where they shouldbelocated?Doyouneed signage,andwhereshoulditbeplaced? At UK-Fire Risk Assessments, our experts can help you with yourfiresafetyassessmentandensurethatyouare compliantwiththelaw.

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