New Fire Safety Legislation
Know Your Responsibilities

STOP PRESS - New Legislation
New Fire Safety Law- Compliance Required

• Fire Risk Assessments and Staff Training to the highest standards
• Registered as Fire Risk Assessors with The Institute of Fire Engineers
• Assessors have many years of Fire Safety experience
• Former Lecturers in Fire Safety Studies at The Fire Service College
• The Company has been granted Professional Indemnity Insurance

Package 1: Total Fire Risk Assessment of the workplace with a written report

The fee will depend on the size and layout of the building. Unlike other Fire Risk Assessors, we are trained and qualified to take cognisance of mission continuity, looking at the performance of the building and likely fire spread given the most likely scenario in a fire situation. We can then give advice on safeguarding the interests of the company as well as life safety.

Package 2: A Risk Assessment Management Course for organisations that require personnel to be responsible for the Fire Risk Assessments in their area of work.

This can be a one or two day course (depending on the depth of knowledge required and whether there has been a Fire Risk Assessment done already) and the course content will include:

See the training section for a price guide

The Scottish Executive issued the first of the proposed eleven pieces of guidance on the 28th November 2005. The draft document is for Fire Safety in Residential Care Homes and it is no surprise that this is the first of the guidance documents. The Care Home Sector is still in a state of shock after the fire at Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston, Lanarkshire which occurred on the 31st January 2004 where fourteen people died in a fire. The results of the fatal enquiry report will be published soon. The document helps those with Fire Safety responsibilities to understand what Fire Risk Assessments involve, considers various fire safety measures and sets out benchmarks to assist with assessing the adequacy of existing measures.

Welcoming publication of the draft guidance Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry said: “Too many lives are lost each year to fires, many of which could have been avoided. It also provides a further opportunity to make sure that everyone in the Care Home sector is aware of the fire risks around them, and that they have strategies in place to minimise them, as well as giving those outwith that care sector the chance to help shape future guidance for their sectors.  None of us can afford to be complacent when it comes to fire safety because complacency kills.”

Fire Safety is a serious matter and the onus is firmly placed upon the responsible person for, in particular

• Duty to take General Fire Precautions.
• To carry out a Fire Risk Assessment (recorded if 5 or more persons employed.)
• Fire Safety Arrangements
• Fire Fighting and Detection
• Capabilities and Training     

Failure to comply with these Acts is an offence