FIRE !!

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FIRE !!
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Why Assess the Risks?

• Moral Ethical Reasons
• Caring for staff
• Economic Reasons
• Reducing costs by
• managing the risks
• Legislative Reasons
• General and specific duties

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The Chemistry Of Fire
Starve
Cool
Smother
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Fire Hazard Sources
Fuel Heat Oxygen
Wood, paper, paints, thinners, plastics, rubber, gases etc. Elect. equipment, hot surfaces, heaters, boilers, lights, naked flames etc. Natural fresh air, oxygen cylinders, mechanical ventilation etc.
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How Fire Spreads
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Some Causes Of Fire

• Faulty electrical systems
• heat generated from poor connections
• Overloaded electrical sockets
• multiple appliances on same socket
• Smoking materials
• discarded onto fuel source

• Hot appliances / surfaces
• Clothes / papers over heaters
• Arson
• deliberate fires
• poor storage and control of combustible materials
• Hot works
• welding, soldering, grinding, cutting

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Fire Safety Duties - The Responsible Persons

• The owner / client
• The contractor
• The visitor
• The passer by
• YOU

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General Duties

• General fire precautions
• to ensure the safety of employees and others
• Fire risk assessments
• suitable and sufficient
• Safety assistance
• competent persons to assist the
  employer
• Provide
  information and training
• emergency
  arrangements
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  Employees duties
• take
  care and co-operate with employer
• notify
  dangers and shortcomings

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5 Steps to Risk Assessment

• Identify the Hazards
• Decide who might be harmed
• Evaluate the Risks
• Record the significant findings
• Audit Review
• RISK ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE

H-High, M-Medium, L-Low,
I-Insignificant
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Identify the Hazard
Identifying how fires might start. Look
for paper or textiles against heaters flammable
liquids near flames and sparks etc light bulbs
next to paper overloaded sockets damaged
appliances smoking materials near combustible
materials and substances
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Decide - People At Risk

• Employees, visitors, contractors
• where do they work / visit?
• how many people?
• how will they be warned?
• Groups at particular risk
• children and elderly persons
• people with disabilities
• lone workers

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Evaluate The Risks

• Fire Prevention
• Are we doing enough to stop a fire from starting?
• Have we kept fuel and ignition sources apart?
• Reducing fuel and ignition sources
• Good housekeeping
• Well maintained equipment

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Record Your Findings
Update the Fire Plan Introduce a Hot work Permit
system Make notes in your diary Discuss issues at
next meeting Learn from your experiences!
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Audit Review

• When no longer valid
• Following a significant change
• workplace
• equipment
• processes
• A fire!
• At regular intervals

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Managing Hot Works

• Supervision
• Communication
• Inspection
• Hot Work Permit
• Toolbox Talks
• Extinguishers

PROPER PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL. PREPARE FOR THE
UNEXPECTED!
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Risk Assessment - Terms

• Hazard something with the potential to cause
  harm
• Harm Includes physical injury, and mental ill
  health
• Risk likelihood of potential harm being
  realised
• Risk Assessment examining what could cause harm
  to people and weighing up whether enough is being
  done to prevent harm

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Hazards
Fire Burning / falling debris Slips, trips or falls from obstacles in escape route
Slips, trips or falls from panicked escape Crossing road to arrive at ultimate safety point Smoke
Flying glass from windows blowing out Being trapped inside building Explosion from chemical storage
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Harm
Death Burning Lung damage resulting from smoke inhalation
Possible brain damage resulting from oxygen deprivation Serious injury, e.g. crushing from panicked exit Injuries resulting from obstacles in escape route
Injuries from flying glass
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Controls
Site tidiness Actions for in the event of fire / emergency Visitor management
COSHH Chemical storage Fire safety signs. HS Induction Hot works Management Supervison
Activating the alarm Fire appliances Notice board displaying fire management plan
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Risk Rating - Calculations
Probability of Occurrence The
likelihood of the accident occurring
Key Low Med High
1 Very unlikely to occur 2 Likely to occur 3 Very likely to occur
1 No Injury L 1 L2 M3
2 Minor Injury M2 M4 M6
3Serious Injury M3 H6 H9
4 Fatality H4 H8 H12
Consequence of Occurrence The Severity of
personal injury
The Risk rating Severity x Likelihood
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Fire Risk Assessment
Flammable liquids Explosive materials Smokers
materials Electrical equipment Arson Cutting and
welding Waste materials Heating appliances

• BE PRO-ACTIVE RATHER
• THAN RE-ACTIVE.
• RESULTS
• NO MORE FIRES
• NO PERSONAL INJURY
• NO LOSS OF LIFE

Medium / High rating Additional control
measures required