Fire
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order is the latest piece of legislation in the safety arena designed to simplify, rationalise and consolidate all associated, existing fire safety law for England and Wales (separate orders are to be introduced for Scotland and Northern Ireland at a later date).
The Fire Safety Order (FSO) puts a duty of care on the employer to ensure that employees and others (who have a legitimate right to be on business premises), are protected against the risks and consequences of fire.
In effect this requires the employer to demonstrate that he has taken all technical and/or organisational measures, as far as is reasonably practical, to reduce the risk from fire. Where the nature of the activity precludes the elimination of risk, the employer must implement reduction, protection and mitigation techniques to minimise the risk.
The starting point for risk determination is the risk assessment, the complexity of which will depend on the premises involved, the unit operations carried out therein and the materials being processed.
The FSO comes into force on the 1st October 2006.
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HOW CHILWORTH CAN HELP
We can provide a cost effective solution particularly when combining this compliance requirement with DSEAR. For customers who already have completed their DSEAR assessments, then we will build on these as the basis for the fire risk evaluation and provide a ‘fast track’ solution.
Areas of expertise include:
Risk Assessments Fire risk evaluation Dust Explosions Ignition Evaluation Static Hazards Fire prevention Fire protection and detection Emergency response Means of escape Training Loss Prevention surveys DSEAR compliance Material Safety
Examples of specialist areas of expertise include:Full or semi-quantified risk analysis Fixed fire protection and detection specification Pressure relief for vessels exposed to fire Compliance of safety related systems in accordance with IEC 61508 Vapour cloud explosin modelling Dispersion of products of combustion Fire water run-off Fire Safety management systems COMAH cases and re-submissions Business impact evaluation Occupied buildings risk analysis
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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order is the latest piece of legislation in the safety arena designed to simplify, rationalise and consolidate existing fire safety legislation in England and Wales (separate orders are to be introduced for Scotland and Northern Ireland at a later date). The existing legislation affected includes the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and the amended Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997. There is also a general duty of care under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 as well as a number of more specific regulations.
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