The Responsible Person 24 September 2012 Eastpoint Just put your own details and date

Fire Safety Order 2005 Replaces previous legislation and is Risk Assessment based There are 13 guides available to assist you As slide

Where does it apply ? Everywhere – apart from a single private domestic dwelling Risk Assessments have been a legal requirement since 1997 As slide

Responsible Person The Person Who Has Control Of The Premises; Employer Owner Landlord Managing Agents Tenants Occupiers May be devolved Just clarify who the responsible person is i.e. person in control And that they could delegate the risk assessment to other persons but only to persons who are competent Also explain that you could have tiered Responsible persons For example Our chief ( ultimate responsible person) Fire safety officer may be delegated to carry out the risk assessment on a fire station. The Station manager will then manage the RA and becomes the responsible person for the Fire station. For the chief to devolve that responsibility he must know that people have the knowledge to do the tasks. Under Article 27 we can request to know who the responsible person is

Relevant Persons Any person who may be lawfully on the premises; and Any person in the immediate vicinity of the premises who is at risk from a fire on the premises As slide

Competent Person The competent person or fire risk assessor need not possess any specific academic qualifications but should: understand the relevant fire safety legislation; have appropriate education, training, knowledge and experience in the principles of fire safety; As slide 6

Competent Person have an understanding of fire development and the behaviour of people in fire; understand the fire hazards, fire risks and relevant factors associated with occupants at special risk within the buildings of the type in question, have appropriate training and/or experience in carrying out fire risk assessments. As slide 7

General Fire Precautions Responsible person must :– Take such general fire precautions to ensure the safety of all employees Ensure the safety of all relevant persons who are not employees Also ensure that the premises are safe from fire As slide but expand on each topic

Article 11 fire safety arrangements ‘The responsible person must effectively plan, organise, control, monitor and review the preventive and protective measures’ The arrangements should be recorded – and must be if five or more employees, a licence is in force on the premises, or an alterations notice is in force As slide The link will take to to a worked example

Risk Assessment Must be suitable & sufficient, and carried out by a Competent person Any significant findings should be recorded – and must be if five or more employees, a licence is in force on the premises, or an alterations notice is in force As slide

Five Steps to Risk Assessment As slide

Five Steps of Risk Assessment Expand and explain on each Sources of ignition Sources of fuel Sources of oxygen Link to worked example gives loads of examples above

Five Steps of Risk Assessment Again expand on relevant persons and those with disabilities Link to Worked example giving examples

Five Steps of Risk Assessment Again just expand the slide Link to worked example also covers evaluating the risk using a matrix just point out that High Med and low could be enough in small premises

Five Steps of Risk Assessment Next few slide will cover all of these

Five Steps of Risk Assessment RA should be a dynamitic document so should be reviewed all the time. It is a good idea to review on a periodic basis annually or 18 months.

Provide Information Provide employees with information on – Significant findings from the Risk Assessment The preventive and protective measures Dangerous substances – and Before employing a child must provide this information to a parent of the child As slide

Co-operation Where there are two or more responsible persons (multi-occupancy) – Each person must co-operate with the other to enable compliance with the requirements of the Order As slide

Training Provide employees with adequate safety training – When first employed If exposed to new or increased risks – and Repeat periodically – 6 monthly in sleeping accommodation, 12 monthly otherwise As slide

Preventive and Protective Measures General fire precautions which have been identified by the responsible person as a result of a risk assessment Structural Compartmentation Fire Doors Fire Exits Escape Routes Fire Alarm System Emergency Lighting Signage Sprinkler System As part of things the RP may put in place to keep people safe. Each one

Fire Doors Just expand 21

Fire Doors Trago mills in Newton abbot in Devon Had a serious fire you can see that these fire doors did their job and restricted the fire. Mention also that they were put in for life safety but will also help with business continuity because Trago mills is still trading and not one of the 80% of businesses that do not survive a serious fire 22

Human Behaviour in Fire How do people react ? How would you, your staff and customers react ? Good little video showing that people may do strange things when faced with a fire situation Points to expand on is the need for staff to react in the correct way and assist in the evacuation. Also the importance of good staff training

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