Introduction to Fire Safety Management

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Summary of key legal requirements This chapter contains a summary of the following legislation: 15.1 Acts of Parliament ➤ The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSW Act) (pg. 346) ➤ The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (pg. 350) ➤ The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (pg. 352) ➤ The Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984 (brief summaries only) (pg. 355) ➤ The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (and supporting regulations) (pg. 355) ➤ The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (pg. 349) ➤ The Water Resources Act 1991 (pg. 359) 15.2 Regulations (listed alphabetically) ➤ The Building Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2531) ➤ The Chemicals (Hazardous Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 (SI 1689) ➤ The Confi ned Spaces Regulations 1997 (SI 1713) ➤ The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (SI 320) ➤ The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (SI 734) ➤ The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (SI 2677) ➤ The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (SI 2776) ➤ The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (SI 0635) 15 ➤ The Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1992 (SI 0711) (brief summary only) ➤ The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (SI 2451) (brief summary only) ➤ The Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (SI 1513) ➤ The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (SI 0917) ➤ The Health and Safety (Information for Employees) Regulations 1989 (SI 0682) ➤ The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Safety Signals) Regulations 1996 (SI 0341) (brief summary only) ➤ The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (SI 3242) ➤ The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992 (SI 2966) ➤ The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (SI 2306) ➤ The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (SI 1541) ➤ The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (SI 3163) ➤ The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 (SI 0500) ➤ The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 (SI 3073) (brief summary only) ➤ The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (SI 3004) Note: The summaries provided in this chapter should not be regarded as direct quotes of either statutory requirements or ACoP standards. For full details of the legal text you should refer to the specifi c legislation and any supporting ACoP or guidance. 345
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Introduction to Fire Safety Managem
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Contents PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Contents 9.4 Building construction
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Preface Introduction to Fire Safety
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About the authors Andrew Furness is
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Illustrations credits Figure 5.1 Co
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Illustrations credits Principles of
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Fire safety foundations To enable s
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There can also be signifi cant emot
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REDUNDANCIES REDUCED CASH FLOW INCR
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If a prosecution is brought for a b
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Figure 1.11 Employers are responsib
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Health and safety arrangements Empl
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fi re specifi c issues that the RRF
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Door closer Fire door Keep shut Fig
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Figure 1.19 Stair lift in situation
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So, whom would she sue for her loss
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Once the court has established negl
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Figure 1.25 Powers of enforcement a
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140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Figure 1.
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External factors Internal factors A
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the company had fully complied with
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Figure 2.1 ACoP of Management of he
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The organisation element of a safet
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detached building, which included o
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Organising for safety 3.1 Introduct
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Directors and senior managers often
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➤ Ensuring access and egress and
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Table 3.1 A summary of individuals
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and inform employers and other self
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Figure 3.8 Safety representatives h
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➤ To consider enforcing authority
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If a piece of work equipment that i
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4. First aid information 5. Fire fi
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Figure 3.13 Designers have a respon
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3.11 Example NEBOSH questions for C
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Safety culture 4.1 Introduction The
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There are various ‘safety climate
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the culture because if there is dis
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Communication is defi ned as: The i
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emergency medical care and rescue w
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on how much people will remember. A
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Individual factors affecting the sc
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on the culture of an organisation.
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Figure 4.11 Consultation with emplo
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esponsibilities are added such as a
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4.9 Human failure Human beings are
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safety in a way that takes their wh
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Principles of risk assessment 5.1 I
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5.2.6 Risk control systems (RCS) Th
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➤ Safety representatives ➤ Desi
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➤ Location inspection: ➤ Site s
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There are a number of methods for e
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Semi-quantitative analysis The use
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the risk controls, particularly wit
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the hazards that arise from the act
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No. Hazards Persons at risk Risk ra
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General principles of control 6.1 I
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Consultation and the arrangements f
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needs. This assessment must also ta
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High 100% Level of supervision Low
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Table 6.1 Sources of information av
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The documentation should be written
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their condition. Once these often l
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The HSE inspector dealing with the
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OXYGEN Always present in the air Ad
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➤ Boilers, internal combustion en
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capable of producing more vapour th
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unburnt fuel (unburnt products of p
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include basements. On these occasio
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7.5 Explosion As the terminology su
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substance in air may cause an explo
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can be broken down into primary and
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Nozzle Ignition Supressor Pressure
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huge fl ammable gas cloud and that
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Number 25 20 15 10 5 0 Electrical C
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8.1.5 Chemical and LPG (hazardous m
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The selection of incorrect plant an
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Flammable substances Risks arise fr
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Arson also often occurs during tea
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Business operations and activities
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Causes and prevention of fi re Tabl
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Figure 8.16 External tank facility
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Figure 8.19 Example of suitable fl
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Ventilation of storage areas Ventil
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➤ All soft furnishings within the
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LPG powered vehicles are becoming m
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Figure 8.28 Site rules poster The c
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Table 8.4 Electrical safety on cons
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Figure 8.30 Tar boiler used to heat
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Appendix 8.1 Example hot work permi
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Appendix 8.2 Example hot work check
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Fire Protection Causes and preventi
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Backdraught - an explosive reaction
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the design and construction of the
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SC SC Fire door Fire-resisting wall
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Figure 9.9 Class A - complete non-c
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potential to reduce the performance
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Table 9.2 Examples of the marking r
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In many cases services and the hole
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inter -mediate standard but small r
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Evacuation time Evacuation procedur
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total uncontrolled evacuation. Typi
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Table 9.5 Density factors given in
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A x B A - B = Stage 1 B - C = Stage
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stairs 3 Actual Travel Distance Dir
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stairs FIRE WALL space in these are
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A A B 45 (2.5 distance CB) B Figu
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this situation it will be necessary
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Therefore all dead-end corridors th
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Number of escape stairs needed is d
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Figure 9.46 Metal fi re escape abov
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Figure 9.50 Sprinklers that moderat
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Table 9.10 Categorisation of emerge
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Sign, Colour & Pictogram Descriptio
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factors all of which should be iden
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are used to prevent accidental disc
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Figure 9.66 Typical warning sign to
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Control valve Valve spring Discharg
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1.5 m 35m Figure 9.72 Plan drawing
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Figure 9.74 Proprietary device for
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All such systems, including the ins
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during periods of sleep (hotels, ho
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➤ A fl oor above 7.5 metres if it
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Less than 50m Dry riser inlet Figur
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9.7 Example questions for Chapter 9
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Appendix 9.2 Limitations on travel
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Detection - is the process of recei
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to the escape routes. Examples of p
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assistance to use the means of esca
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➤ Emergency management strategy
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In the early morning of 22 August 1
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➤ Assisting the safety briefi ng
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signal and be suffi ciently differe
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Fire wardens/marshals Role - the te
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when required. In order to achieve
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equires that employers make what is
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Figure 10.30 Visual and audible com
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were recovering while a disaster fu
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8. Could you raise the alarm if you
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Location: Inspected by: Safety of p
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Figure 11.2 The outcome of a failur
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Each of these factors must be inclu
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Figure 11.5 Records should be kept
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Table 11.3 Overview of a typical in
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➤ Scoping the audit: ➤ This is
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installations, etc. together with c
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When establishing its risk manageme
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Monitoring, auditing and reviewing
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12.1.1 Reasons for investigating fi
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Reactive monitoring - reporting, re
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The amount of time spent on gatheri
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12.1.6 Internal systems for managin
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Dangerous occurrences - any dangero
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Table 12.7 The Fire and Rescue Serv
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Report of Fire KEY Tick the appropr
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Figure 12.15 Appropriate PPE requir
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In any event, clearing the site of
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Part A Reactive monitoring - report
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1 2 Reactive monitoring - reporting
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Figure 13.1 The environmental impac
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Figure 13.3 Contaminated water foll
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available and the nature of any inc
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Abbreviations AFFF Aqueous Film For
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Index BS 5539 Part 1, Monitoring fi
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Index Demolition work, contributes
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Index Fencing, as a security strate
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Index Fire risk assessment process
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Index Hazardous Installation Direct
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Index Montreal Protocol, 221 Motiva
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Index Risk matrix: for determining
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Index SSOW (Safe systems of work),
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