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The new order states that the owner, manager or employer of a company or organisation is now responsible for fire safety requirements within the company premises.
With small or medium enterprises employing 5 - 150 people in mind, this guide is a starting point for the implementation process of the fire risk assessment and the audit of the working environment - now a legal requirement.
For many years, UK companies have relied on a fire officer to endorse the adequacy of fire safety within their premises with the award of a fire certificate. However there is now a demand for a complete change of approach to managing fire safety, the new regulations require the development of a safety culture that provides employees with greater responsibility for their own safety.
Personal ownership and responsibility for fire safety can be developed by involving all staff in the process of preparing and maintaining a risk assessment.
In the event of a fire companies can no longer rely on a fire certificate as a means of showing all has been done to ensure fire safety.
Prosecutions are based on the new Fire Precautions regulations and on the principle of assumed guilt.
The onus is placed on the company in question to prove its innocence using what the regulations refer to as a 'File of Evidence'.
A suitable risk assessment as part of a positive fire safety strategy is an essential component of a file of evidence.
This new process necessary for compliance with the latest workplace fire safety regulations may seem complex. However, the Means of Escape Fire Safety Audit provides an effective method of developing a risk assessment by subdividing the process into the five categories of Prevention, Escape, Communication, Confinement and Suppression.
Assessing procedures and work areas under each of these headings in succession will enable employees to take responsibility for fire safety within their capability.
The guide features easy to use and understand guidance and advice, imagery, forms and checklists enabling the responsible person to produce a file of evidence for their premises.
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