Fire Safety Training Strategy UK

Fire Safety Training CD-ROM ( 25 staff user license)

Workplace Fire Safety CD-ROM ( 25 staff user license)

Fire Safety Training Strategy

Fire Warning and Detection

• Can the existing means of detection discover a fire quickly enough to raise an alarm in time for all the occupants to escape to a safe place?
• Can the means for giving warning be clearly heard and understood throughout the whole premises when initiated from any single point?
• If the fire detection and warning system is electrically powered, does it have a back up power supply?
• Have you told your employees about your fire warning system, will they know how to operate and respond to it?
• Are there instructions for your employees on how to operate the fire warning system?
• Have you included the fire detection and fire warning arrangements in your emergency plan?

Means of Escape in Case of Fire

• How long will it take for all the occupants to escape to a place of safety once a fire has been detected?
• Is that a reasonable length of time or will it take too long?
• Are there enough exits and are they in the right place?
• Are the type and size of exits suitable and sufficient for the number of people likely to need to use them?
• In the event of fire, could all available exits be affected or will at least one route from any part of the premises remain available?
• Are all escape routes easily identifiable, free from any obstructions and adequately illuminated?
• Have you trained your staff in using the means of escape?
• Are there instructions about the means of escape for your employees?
• Have you included means of escape arrangements in your emergency plan?

Means for Fighting Fire

• Are the extinguishers suitable for the purpose and of sufficient capacity?
• Are there sufficient extinguishers sited throughout the workplace?
• Are the right types of extinguishers located close to the fire hazards and can users gain access to them without exposing themselves to risk?
• Are the locations of the extinguishers obvious or does their position need indicating?
• Have the people likely to use the fire extinguishers been given adequate instruction and training?
• Have you included the use of fire-fighting equipment in your emergency plan?

Maintenance and Testing

• Do you regularly check all fire doors and escape routes and associated lighting and signs?
• Do you regularly check all your fire-fighting equipment?
• Do you regularly check your fire detection and alarm equipment?
• Do you regularly check any other equipment provided to help means of escape arrangements in the building?
• Are there instructions for relevant employees about testing of equipment?
• Are those who test and maintain the equipment properly trained to do so?

Fire Procedures and Training

• Do you have an emergency plan?
• Does the emergency plan take account of all reasonably foreseeable circumstances?
• Are your employees familiar with the plan, trained in its use and involved in testing it?
• Is the emergency plan made available to all who need to be aware of it?
• Are the procedures to be followed clearly indicated throughout the workplace?
• Have you considered all the people likely to be present in your workplace and others with whom you share the building?

Fire Safety Checks at Shutdown

• Are all windows and doors closed, including doors held open by automatic release units?
• Is electrical equipment not in use switched off, and where appropriate, unplugged?
• Check that smokers' materials are not left smoldering.
• Check that all naked flames are extinguished or left in a safe condition.
• Ensure all flammable rubbish and waste is removed to a safe place.
• Check that all highly flammable materials are safely stored.
• Ensure that the workplace is secured against unauthorised entry.

All these questions can be addressed when you purchase the Workplace Fire Safety CD-ROM