Fire Safety

Fires occurring in the workplace lead to loss of life, injuries and serious financial consequences. Even in small fires, where there is no loss of life or injury experienced, the damage caused can have significant impact on your business such as:

Cessation of trade resulting in the loss of contracts and possible business failure
Smoke and water used for fire fighting can cause significant damage and clean up costs can be substantial
Important information may be lost
Many companies fail to re-open following a fire despite having reasonable insurance

Effective Fire Safety arrangements in the workplace are therefore essential and one principal piece of legislation now covers this:

On 1 October 2006 The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 replaced the following legislation:

The Fire Precautions Act 1971
The Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order is a reform of all previous fire safety legislation. It has abolished Fire Certificates and now requires the ‘responsible person’ for each property to have a Fire Risk Assessment in place and to take steps to remove or reduce the risk to anyone in or around the premises.

Centec Health, Safety and Fire Safety experts provide effective solutions for compliance with current and imminent changes to legislation.

Centec provides the following services:

Fire Safety Management Systems
Fire Safety Risk Assessments and Annual Review
Evacuation Drill Management
Emergency Planning
Fire Safety Training
Fire Safety Awareness Seminars
Fire Marshal Responsibilities
Formulate Fire Safety Plans

In addition Centec is able to calculate maximum occupancy figures to confirm the fire safety arrangements are appropriate for your building. This also provides clients with vital information for use when determining whether additional office space, or disposal, is required. This may result in significant cost savings.

Centec can compile bespoke emergency procedures in order for the client to comply with Regulation 8 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (procedures for serious and imminent danger and for danger areas).