Factories And Warehouses Guide
Who Should Use This Guide?
This guide is for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of factories and warehouses. Details of other guides in the series are listed on the back cover. It tells you what you have to do to comply with fire safety law, helps you to carry out a fire risk assessment and identify the general fire precautions you need to have in place.
This guide is intended for premises where the main use of the building or part of the building is a factory or warehouse. It may also be suitable where the premises adjoin other complexes, although co-operation with other managers will be necessary as part of an integrated risk assessment for the complex.
This guide is for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of factories and warehouses. Details of other guides in the series are listed on the back cover. It tells you what you have to do to comply with fire safety law, helps you to carry out a fire risk assessment and identify the general fire precautions you need to have in place.
This guide is intended for premises where the main use of the building or part of the building is a factory or warehouse. It may also be suitable where the premises adjoin other complexes, although co-operation with other managers will be necessary as part of an integrated risk assessment for the complex.
Also, where you handle and store flammable materials and substances, it will help you take account of these in your risk assessment and help you determine the necessary precautions to take to minimise the likelihood of them being involved in a fire.
It has been written to provide guidance for a responsible person, to help them to carry out a fire risk assessment in less complex factories and warehouses. If you read the guide and decide that you are unable to apply the guidance, then you should seek expert advice of a competent person. More complex premises will probably need to be assessed by a person who has comprehensive training or experience in fire risk assessment. However this guide can be used for multioccupied buildings to address fire safety issues within their individual occupancies.
It may also be useful for:
If your premises are listed as of historic interest, also see Appendix C.
Fire safety is just one of many safety issues management must address to minimise the risk of injury or death to staff or the public. Unlike most of the other safety concerns, fire has the potential to injure or kill large numbers of people very quickly. This guidance is concerned only with fire safety, but many of the measures discussed here will impact upon other safety issues, and vice versa. It is recognised that these differing safety demands can sometimes affect one another and management should consult other interested agencies, such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), where necessary to confirm that they are not contravening other legislation/guidance.
It has been written to provide guidance for a responsible person, to help them to carry out a fire risk assessment in less complex factories and warehouses. If you read the guide and decide that you are unable to apply the guidance, then you should seek expert advice of a competent person. More complex premises will probably need to be assessed by a person who has comprehensive training or experience in fire risk assessment. However this guide can be used for multioccupied buildings to address fire safety issues within their individual occupancies.
It may also be useful for:
- employees;
- employee-elected representatives;
- trade union-appointed health and safety representatives;
- enforcing authorities; and
- all other people who have a role in ensuring fire safety in factories and warehouses.
If your premises are listed as of historic interest, also see Appendix C.
Fire safety is just one of many safety issues management must address to minimise the risk of injury or death to staff or the public. Unlike most of the other safety concerns, fire has the potential to injure or kill large numbers of people very quickly. This guidance is concerned only with fire safety, but many of the measures discussed here will impact upon other safety issues, and vice versa. It is recognised that these differing safety demands can sometimes affect one another and management should consult other interested agencies, such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), where necessary to confirm that they are not contravening other legislation/guidance.
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