Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management
➤ Thermometers should be provided to enable persons
at work to determine the temperature inside a
workplace and excessive effects of sunlight on temperature
should be avoided
➤ Workplaces should have suitable and suffi cient lighting
(by natural means where reasonably practicable),
including emergency lighting where failure of artifi -
cial lighting will expose people at work to danger
➤ Workplaces, furniture, furnishings and fi ttings should
be kept suffi ciently clean and all surfaces of fl oors,
walls and ceilings inside buildings should be capable
of being kept suffi ciently clean
➤ Waste materials should not be allowed to accumulate
in a workplace except in suitable receptacles
➤ Rooms where people work should be of suffi cient
dimensions for health, safety and welfare purposes
➤ Workstations should be arranged so that they are
suitable for both the person at work and the work
activity that will take place and should:
➤ Provide protection from adverse weather
➤ Enable any person to leave swiftly in the event
of an emergency
➤ Ensure that the person is not likely to slip or fall
➤ A suitable seat (and footrest as necessary) should
be provided where the work is of a kind that can or
must be done seated.
15.32.2 Safety requirements – regulations
12 to 19
➤ Floors and traffi c routes should be:
➤ Suitably constructed (free from holes, slopes
and uneven or slippery surfaces posing a risk
to health or safety and have effective drainage
where necessary)
➤ Kept free from obstructions and an article or
substance which may cause a person to slip,
trip or fall
➤ Traffi c routes which are staircases should be provided
with handrails and guards where necessary
➤ Where there is a risk of a person falling into a dangerous
substance in a tank, pit or structure, these
must be securely fenced or covered
➤ Windows or other transparent or translucent surfaces
in a wall, partition, door or gate should be made of
safety material or protected against breakage and
be appropriately marked to make it apparent
➤ Windows, skylights or ventilators which can be
opened must be capable of being opened, closed or
adjusted without exposing people to a risk to their
health or safety
➤ When open, windows, skylights or ventilators must
not expose any person to risks to their health or
safety
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➤ Windows and skylights must be designed or constructed
so that they may be cleaned safely
➤ Workplaces should be organised in such a way that
pedestrians and vehicles can circulate safely
➤ Traffi c routes should be suitably indicated and must
be of suffi cient number, size and position and suitable
to ensure that:
➤ Pedestrians or vehicles can use it without causing
danger to persons at work near it
➤ There is suffi cient separation of any vehicle traffi
c route from doors, gates or pedestrian routes
which lead onto it
➤ Where pedestrians and vehicles use the same
route, there is suffi cient separation between
them
➤ Doors and gates should be of suitable construction
(including being fi tted with any necessary safety
devices) and:
➤ Sliding doors or gates must have a device to
prevent them coming off their track during use
➤ Any upward opening door or gate has a device
to prevent it falling back
➤ Powered doors or gates must have suitable and
effective measures to prevent injury by trapping
people
➤ Where necessary, powered doors or gates
should open manually unless they open automatically
if the power fails
➤ Doors or gates which can be opened by either
being pushed or pulled must have a clear view
of both sides when closed
➤ Escalators and moving walkways must function
safely, have any necessary safety devices and be
fi tted with one or more emergency stop controls.
15.32.3 Safety requirements – regulations
20 to 25
➤ Suitable and suffi cient sanitary conveniences should
be provided which are:
➤ Adequately ventilated and lit
➤ Kept in a clean and orderly condition
➤ Separate for men and women (except where
they are in a separate room and can be secured
from the inside)
➤ Washing facilities should be provided (including
showers where required), which are:
➤ In the immediate vicinity of every sanitary
convenience
➤ In the vicinity of changing rooms where required
➤ Available with a supply of clean hot and cold (or
warm) water, soap and means of drying
➤ Suffi ciently lit and ventilated
➤ Kept in a clean and orderly condition