Introduction to Fire Safety Management

➤ Separate for men and women (except where
they are in a separate room, can be secured
from the inside and are intended to be used by
one person at a time)
➤ An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water
should be provided for all persons in the workplace
and this should:
➤ Be readily accessible
➤ Be conspicuously marked
➤ Include a suitable suffi cient number of cups
or drinking vessels unless the supply is a drinking
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➤ Suitable and suffi cient accommodation should be
provided for persons to store both clothing not worn
during work and special clothing required for work
➤ The accommodation should be in a suitable location,
easily accessible, of suffi cient capacity and
include:
➤ Facilities to change clothing, including separate
facilities where necessary for propriety
Summary of key legal requirements
➤ Suitable security for personal clothing not worn
at work
➤ Separate accommodation for work and nonwork
clothing where necessary
➤ Facilities to dry clothing
➤ Seating
➤ Suitable and suffi cient rest facilities should be provided,
including facilities to eat meals where food
would otherwise become contaminated
➤ Rest rooms should include:
➤ Suitable arrangements to protect non-smokers
from discomfort caused by tobacco smoke
➤ Be equipped with an adequate number of tables
and seating (with backs)
➤ Suitable facilities for pregnant women or nursing
mothers to rest
➤ Suitable facilities to eat meals where these are
regularly eaten in the workplace.
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