Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management
or there must be other means to protect pedestrians
and effective warning arrangements
5. Loading bays must have at least one exit for the
exclusive use of pedestrians
6. Where it is unsafe for pedestrians to use a gate
intended for vehicles, a clearly marked pedestrian
gate must be provided in the immediate vicinity and
it must be kept clear of obstructions
7. Vehicles must not use a traffi c route unless it is, so
far as is reasonably practicable, free from obstruction
and permits suffi cient clearance
8. Traffi c routes are indicated with suitable signage.
15.14.15 Vehicles
Suitable and suffi cient steps must be taken to:
1. Prevent or control the unintended movement of any
vehicle
2. Ensure that the person in control of the vehicle gives
a warning to any person who may be endangered
by the vehicle movement, e.g. while reversing.
In addition, this regulation requires that:
1. Vehicles must be operated or towed in a safe manner
and be loaded to enable this
2. No person rides in an unsafe place on any vehicle
3. No person remains on a vehicle during loading or
unloading of loose materials (other than in a safe
place)
4. Where vehicles are used for excavating or handling
materials, suitable and suffi cient precautions must
be taken to prevent the vehicle from falling into any
excavations or pits or water or from overrunning
embankments.
15.14.16 Prevention of risks from fi re, etc.
Suitable and suffi cient precautions shall be taken to prevent,
so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of injury
to any persons from:
1. Fire or explosion
2. Flooding
3. Any substance liable to cause asphyxiation.
15.14.17 Emergency procedures
Where necessary in the interests of the health and safety
of any person on site, suitable arrangements must be
prepared and implemented to deal with any foreseeable
emergency. These arrangements should include
procedures for any necessary evacuation of the site and
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should take account of the factors listed under regulation
19 above.
Suitable and suffi cient steps should be taken to
ensure that every person covered by these arrangements
is familiar with them and the arrangements must be
tested by putting them into practice at suitable intervals.
15.14.18 Emergency routes and exits
A suffi cient number of suitable emergency routes and
exits must be provided to enable any person to reach a
place of safety quickly in the event of danger.
The emergency route or exit should:
1. Lead as directly as possible to an identifi ed safe area
2. Be kept clear and free from obstruction
3. Be provided with emergency lighting where necessary
so that it may be used at any time
4. Be indicated by suitable signs.
In determining the number of emergency routes and
exits, the following factors should be considered:
1. The type of work being carried out on site
2. The characteristics and size of the site
3. The number and locations of places of work on the
site
4. The plant and equipment being used
5. The number of persons likely to be present on the
site at any one time
6. The physical and chemical properties of any substances
or materials likely to be on site.
15.14.19 Fire detection and fi re fi ghting
Suitable and suffi cient fi re fi ghting equipment, fi re detectors
and alarm systems must be provided on site and in
suitable locations. In determining this, the duty holder
must take account of the factors listed in emergency
routes and exits above.
Any fi re fi ghting equipment, fi re detector or alarm
system must be properly maintained and subject to
examination and testing to ensure that it remains effective.
Where fi re fi ghting equipment is not designed to come
into use automatically, it must also be readily accessible.
Every person at work on site must, so far as is
reasonably practicable, be instructed in the correct
use of any fi re fi ghting equipment which they may be
required to use.
Where a work activity on site may give rise to a
particular risk of fi re, the work must only be carried out
if the person is suitably trained to prevent that risk, so
far as is reasonably practicable. Fire fi ghting equipment
must also be indicated by suitable signs.