Introduction to Fire Safety Management

inspection and maintenance, 51
management duties, 387
physical requirements, 387–9
protection against specifi ed hazards,
52
suitability of work equipment, 50–1,
386–9
Pyrolysis, 117
Quality assurance (QA), of suppliers
and contractors, 159
Radiation:
and fi re spread, 123–4
fi re spread from one building to
another, 123
Raising the alarm, methods of, 230–1
audible alarms, 230
combined audible and visual alarm,
230
in entertainment and shopping
facilities, 230–1
people respond more quickly to
verbal instructions, 230
various arrangements for, 230
Rapid fi re and smoke spread in the
workplace, 335, 336
inclusion of monthly inspection/
safety tour, 335
insecure service risers, 335, 336
lack of compartmentation between
fl oors, 336
lack of intumescent strips, 335, 336
Reactive monitoring – reporting,
recording and investigation,
284–311
basic fi re-related investigation
procedures, 295–302
dealing with the aftermath of fi res,
302–3
fi res and other adverse effects,
284–91
investigating fi re-related events,
293–5
statutory requirements for recording
and reporting adverse events,
291–3
civil claims, 293
Refuges:
for the disabled in escaping fi re,
209–10
use of in escaping fi re, 198–9
use of infl uenced by smoke thickness
and fl oor location, 246
Regulations 2000 (amended 2006), 173,
174
Regulations, 345–6
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order)
2005 see RRFSO
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations see RIDDOR
Representatives of Employee Safety
(ROES), functions of, 48
Residential care homes:
progressive evacuation, 191
staff evacuation procedures, 245
Responsible persons, 13, 14, 73
duties under RRFSO and HSWA, 45
and fi re safety management, 37
devising emergency procedures,
254
identifi ed by RRFSO, overall
responsibilities, 44
and risk assessment, 85
to appoint competent persons as
safety advisers, 39–40
Reviewing performance, safety reviews,
278–80
annual reviews and reports, 280
details to be included, 280
guidance, the Turnbull Report
(Institute of Chartered
Accountants), 280
initial status review, 278
establishing to what extent existing
arrangements are in place, 278
results, 278
regular reviews, 278–80
contractor reviews, 279–80
fi re inspection report reviews, 279
fi re safety systems, 279
take into account changes, 278–9
training and fi re drill, 279
RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 1995),
291–2, 392–3
defi nitions, 392
events needing recording, 291, 392–3
report form F2508, 292, 305–6
Risk:
avoidance of, 102
combatting at source, 102
critical to distinguish between the
two elements in, 84
defi ned, 2, 19, 84
evaluated by numerical data, 92
data for, 92
evaluating what cannot be avoided,
102
fi nancial and economic implications
of failure to identify, 83–4
Risk assessment:
action plans should be SMART, 95
arson risk assessment model, 146
communicating fi ndings of, 96–7
communicated to all affected, 96
ways of communicating signifi cant
fi ndings, 96
defi ned, 84
determines need for introduction of a
SSOW, 107
Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (FSA), 17
with HSG65, 28
purpose of, 83
for RRFSO, 13
under MHSW, 10
use of electrical appliances and
installations, 147–8
see also Fire risk assessment
Risk assessment, principles of, 83–100
Index
communicating fi ndings of a risk
assessment, 96–7
competency to conduct risk
assessments, 86–7
defi nitions relating to risk
assessment, 84–5
risk assessment and the law, 85–6
Risk assessment process, 87–96
applying additional risk control
measures, 94–5
MHSW and RRFSO hierarchy of
controls, 94
prioritising of risk controls, 94–5
evaluating residual risk, 90–4
qualitative analysis, 91
quantitative analysis, 92
semi-quantitative analysis, 93, 94
identifying signifi cant hazards, 88–9
categories of health risk to be
considered, 89
consultation with the workforce, 88
reviewing documents, 88
reviewing records, 88
useful to use HSE’s RIDDOR
‘accident categories’, 89
identifying who is at risk, 89–90
groups, 89–90
individuals within groups, 90
preparing inventory of activities, 88
recording fi ndings, 95, 98–100
general activity risk record and
action plan, 98–100
key elements to record, 95
reviewing and revising the
assessment, 95–6
circumstances requiring review of a
risk assessment, 96
training designed for support, 87
varies according to an organisation’s
activities, 84
see also fi re risk assessment process
Risk assessment records, 25
Risk assessment strategy, effective, 83
Risk assessment teams, 86–7
Risk control, hierarchy of measures,
103–6
control, 103, 104
engineering controls, 104, 106–7
Safe Systems of Work (SSOW),
104
discipline, 105–6
personal discipline required, 106
signage, 105–6
elimination of risk, 103
isolation, 103, 104
personal protective equipment (PPE),
104–5
reduction, 103–4
reduction of exposure time to
hazards, 104
substitution, 103
supervision and monitoring, 106–7
Risk control systems, defi ned, 85
Risk controls, 289–90
defi ned, 84
Risk grading, 94
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