This is a good article about fire door inspections and summarises well your responsibilities with regards to ensuring the fire doors in your workplace are up to scratch.
As a fire risk assessor this is only half the battle and you have to understand the importance of having fire doors in the right locations and who they are trying to protect.
Too often I see clients being told they need to replace perfectly good fire doors for no reason often in places where they are not required. Its about life safety, location, relevance and upkeep rather than sales and profit.
As always, Whale Fire will put your safety first and work with the client not against you.
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This business owner in Maidenhead has been fined £85,000 for a series of fire safety breaches in his restaurant. Failure to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and carry out a fire risk assessment can lead to serious consequences.
As I have said before, not only are you putting your staff and customers lives at risk, but if you do get caught out, the financial consequences will be much worse than just doing the right thing.
Make sure you have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and understand you could be saving yourself a fortune.
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A large fire has recently broke out at a large industrial unit near Newcastle. Residents nearby are being asked to keep their windows and doors shut due to the amount of smoke. Hopefully the fire crews will have the fire under control soon.
Fires in industrial units can cause many problems for firefighting crews depending on what processes take place inside the units and what hazardous and flammable materials are present. Typically, fire crews will visit these type of buildings throughout the year to familiarise themselves with the layout and hazards.
Hopefully a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment was in place.
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Tougher fines part of new legislation being brought in to ensure fire safety and cladding concerns continue to be taken seriously. Hopefully this will have the impact of ensuring the responsible person for high high blocks of flats (and all properties) make sure they have an up to date fire risk assessment in place and listen carefully to residents concerns as we all work together to ensure the safety of the external facade of buildings and internal fire safety measures.
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This is an interesting article as it states we should not just be focusing on cladding and need to address a whole load of fire safety issues within high rise blocks of flats. I think that's very important because after Grenfell its easy to just concentrate on the cladding issue when we must always consider every fire safety system within a building.
Whether its fire doors, compartmentation, AOV smoke control, good housekeeping, arson prevention or simply good management and record keeping, these all play a wider part in maintaining the safety of occupants.
Those obsessed with guidance and cladding only will often miss the bigger picture, not look at the building as a whole and potentially miss something that may seem minor, but could be a big as risk as anything found on the external facade of the building.
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Firefighters in Acton have been dealing with this large house fire which is causing disruption to nearby traffic and for residents nearby due to the amounts of smoke. Hopefully nobody has been hurt and London Fire Brigade will have the incident under control before long.
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This hotel owner in Banbury will wish they had followed fire safety laws, carried out a fire risk assessment and shown due diligence working through the recommendations in the report. Failure to do has led to a significant fine and as I have always said, you can't hide from fire safety laws and the consequences will be much greater than the benefits of compliance.
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This flat fire in Chelsea was started when a pillow was stored too close to a portable heater causing the pillow to ignite. Fortunately nobody was hurt but it is a good opportunity to remind people of the dangers of portable heaters and what you can do to avoid accidental fires.
This includes:
Making sure heaters are well maintained and in good working order
Check that your heater isn't on a recall list and isn't a faulty model
Never install, repair or service appliances yourself. Make sure anyone who does is a registered professional
Don't take any risks with old heaters – if it's sparking, wires are loose or if it’s showing any other signs of damage, replace it with a new one or get it tested and repaired by a qualified electrician
Always keep heaters well away from clothes, curtains and furniture and never use them for drying clothes
Always sit at least one metre away from a heater as it could set light to your clothes or chair
Before attempting to move your heater, you should turn it off and allow it to cool first
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