The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Each year in the UK, Fire Brigades attend approximately 35,000 fires in non-domestic buildings. These fires kill approximately 35 people and injure a further 1500 people.
Fires cost money. The financial costs associated with a serious fire are very high. Over 40% of affected businesses fail to commence trading again. In 2004 the costs as a consequence of fire were estimated at £2.5 billion.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 was approved by Parliament on 7 June 2005 and came into force in October 2006.
Have You Performed Your Responsibilties?
It has replaced all the existing fire safety legislation and impacts on all employers, owners, occupiers and self-employed businesses. It covers 'general fire precautions? which are needed to protect 'relevant persons' in case of fire in and around most premises.
Responsibility for complying with the Fire Safety Order rests with the 'responsible person'. In a workplace, this is the employer and any other person who may have control of any part of the premises, e.g. the occupier or owner.
If you are the responsible person you must carry out a fire risk assessment which must focus on the safety in case of fire of all 'relevant persons'.
Your fire risk assessment will help you identify risks that can be removed or reduced and help decide the nature and extent of general fire precautions you need to take.
Failure to adhere to the requirements of the Fire Safety Order may result in the issue of improvement notices and could even restrict your business activities until the requirements are fulfilled.
Of course, the difficulty in performing your responsibilities is knowing what to do and where to start. You also need to feel confident that you have implemented measures that will be satisfactory and comply with law.
To help eliminate confusion and enable you to gain the knowledge and tools you need to comply with the law, Sira (a world leading test, certification and training provider) has developed a 2-day training course looking at fire safety and risk assessment in the work place and your legal duties in relation to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The course, aimed at those responsible or accountable for Fire & Risk Protection and relevant Health & Safety of your site/place of work, introduces you to the hazards associated with fires in the workplace and provides the relevant information and skills to enable you to:
- Identify fire hazards
- Conduct an appropriate risk assessment for low/medium risk environments
- Implement any strategies in order to satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Training is conducted throughout the year at Sira Training facilities in Chester, or at your site. For more details please contact Sira:
tel: +44 (0) 1244 670 900
email: training@siracerttification.com
Web: www.siracertification.com
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