Introduction to Fire Safety Management

matching the job to the person,
76–7
the organisation, 75–6
personal factors, 77–8
attitude, 77–8
motivation, 78
perception, 78
personality, 77
Human errors, causing false alarms, 296
Human failure and safety culture, 79–80
human errors, 79
lapses of attention, 79
mistaken acts/omissions, 79
human errors, minimising, 79
types of human failure, 79
violations, routine, situational and
exceptional, 80
Human resource management policies,
and safety policies, 31
IFE (Institution of Fire Engineers), 26
Ill health, defi ned, 1
ILO-OSH 2001, 26, 27
Incident, defi ned, 1
Industrial emissions, authorisation and
regulation, 21
Inert gas fl ooding installations, 173
Information, instruction and training, 51
training delivery, 51
Information, internal fl ow of, 65–6
face-to-face communication – and a
feed-back loop, 66
other media for communicating
safety information, 65
type of information communicated,
65
visible behaviour of senor
management, 65
written communication, 65
Inner room, defi ned, 173
Inspection and maintenance:
by safety representatives, 394
planned preventive maintenance
(PPM) programmes, 51
of work equipment involving a
specifi c risk, 51
Internal linings, 185–7
in areas where people circulate, 186
in Building Regulations Part B –
section 2, 185–6, 187
Intrinsic safety, 147, 148
intrinsically safe equipment, 158
Intruder alarms, 144
Intumescent strips, 182, 335, 336
Investigation procedures, basic, 287–90
agreeing and implementing an action
plan, 290
analysing information, 289
contributory factors, 289
establishing the cause, 288
immediate causes, 288, 301
root cause, 288, 301
underlying causes, 288, 301
gathering information, 288–9
identifying risk control measures,
289–90
level of investigation, 287–8
involving others, 288
sources of information, 289
Investigation, role and function of,
285–6
policy requirements, 285–6
IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health), 26
IPC (Integrated pollution control), 350–1
IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention
and Control) Regulations, 315,
351
ISO 9000 series, 26
ISO 14001 series, 26
Isocyanates (cyanide), in many plastics,
314
IT cabling installation, people at risk, 90
Job design, 77
Job safety analysis, 77
Job Safety Analysis (JSA), 108
Ladbroke Grove rail enquiry, report links
good safety and good business,
61
Legislation, requiring completion of risk
assessments, 85–6
Lobbies, fi re protected, 207
Lone working, SSOW for, 110
Major accident prevention policies, 315
Malicious acts, causing false alarms,
296
Management:
commitment to improving safety
culture, 81
commitment to safety, 73
demonstrating commitment to safety
in the workplace, 74
Management behaviour:
and a blame culture, 71
impacting on safety culture of
organisations, 71
Management of Health and Safety at
Work Regulations (1999) see
MHSW
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 78
Materials:
in lone working, 110
must be safe during use or
processing, 109–10
Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS),
120–1
Means of escape, 188–236
available safe escape time (ASET)
(BSI PD7974), 189, 190
consideration of appropriate
standard, 188–9
defi ned, 188
emergency lighting, 211–13
escape exits, 200–3
escape facilities for the disabled,
209–10
evacuation strategies and
procedures, 190–1
external escape routes, 208–9
Index
fi re detection and alarm systems,
225–6
automatic, types of, 226
fi re panels and zoning, 228–9
fi re safety systems, maintenance and
testing, 231
fi re service access and facilities,
231–6
fi xed fi re fi ghting systems, 216–21
generally accepted evacuation times,
190
important factors, 189
management actions required to
maintain, 216
methods of detection, 226–8
methods of raising the alarm, 230–1
occupancy, 191–4
portable fi re fi ghting equipment,
221–5
protection of escape routes, 103–8
reducing unwanted fi re signals, 231
required safe escape time (RSET)
(BSI PD7974), 189
signs and signage, 213–15
smoke control and ventilation,
210–11
travel distances, 194–200
see also Escape
MHSW (Management of Health and
Safety at Work Regulations
(1999)), 4, 10–12, 73, 302, 382–5
approved Code of Practices, 30
capabilities and training, 11, 384
contacts with emergency services,
11, 384
cooperation and coordination, 11,
384
employees’ duties, 12, 385
health and safety arrangements, 11
health and safety assistance, 11, 383
health surveillance, 11, 383
information for employees, 11, 384
new or expectant mothers, 12
persons working in host employer’s
or self-employed person’s
undertakings, 11, 384
principles of prevention, 101–2, 383
principles of prevention to be
applied, 10
procedures for serious and imminent
danger, 11, 383–4
protection of young workers, 12, 385
Regulation 7 and safety management
roles, 39
required to implement European
Framework Directive (1989), 10
risk assessment, 10, 382–3, 385
legal duties concerning, 85
schedule to updates SRSC
regulations, 46
self-employed, general duties
imposed by HSWA extended, 43
temporary workers, 12, 385
Middle managers and supervisors,
role in implementing health and
safety policies, 39
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