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Fire Risk Assessment, Our Second Fire Safety Audit

April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

As with our first Fire Safety Audit, the Fire Inspector called by phone to make an appointment in order to carry out are second Fire Safety Audit; unlike the old fire certificate rules where the Fire Officer phoned the day befor he was due.
The call came on the 1st March for an appointment on the 23rd of March; and although not intended, because everything in your Fire Risk Assessment should be in place, it does give you over 20 days to carry out any work you may deem necessary.
again unlike the old Fire Certificate system where you had the feeling the Fire Officer was trying to catch you out.

The audit began with a thorough inspection of our Fire Risk Assessment weather that was because it was the first time this particular Inspector had visited the building before or not I’m not sure, something tells me in the future, if the same inspector calls, the main part of inspecting your Fire Risk Assessment will be the ‘Significant Findings’ section.

As it was, all was well, he then went on to view our fire alarm and fire extinguisher maintenance documents which where all up to date.

Helpful Tips from the Fire Inspector

Once the inspection was more or less over we just talked about the procedures I was using that was when he offered me a few tips

  • We have a maintenance contract for our alarm system, however I set up a rotor to test each individual smoke detector, bell & emergency lighting unit.
    The fire inspector told me because I have a maintenance contract I only have to keep a record of checking my break glass call points and the emergency lighting units once a month,
    the rest off the system is the responsibility of the maintenance contractors .
  • If you have an employee their supposed to know what to do in the event of a fire so make sure your staff fire notices are in the right place,
    the staff no the procedures and most of all  I get them to sign to say they’ve received training.
  • And here’s one from me. You must have a maintenance contract to check your Fire Extinguishers; you’ll find every so often they have to be refilled.
    Ask the maintenance man if he finds he as to change the water in an extinguisher could he show a member of staff how to use one.
    Mine was happy to do so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Charles on August 5, 2011 11:48 am

    Thanks for posting this informative blog…. it’s nice to see that most of the organisation are moving towards fire assessment which not only would help people would also help their environment from fire as well as its disastrous effect.

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