Fire Safety Awareness Induction 2011

Robert Michael Taylor

Fire Safety Advisor

Tel No 07507847537

Delegates will learn: -

Who is responsible for Fire Safety?

An overview of current legislation.

Principles of combustion and spread of fire.

Identification and selection of extinguishers.

How to identify fire hazards and minimise fire risk.

Action in the event of fire.

Raising and responding to the Fire Alarm.

Purpose of this Lecture

• For your protection

• Legislative duty

• Protection of the service users

• (Ave a thirty minute rest!)

LEGISLATION

• FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971

• APPLIES TO HOTELS, PLACES OF WORK, THEATRES AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER

• DOES NOT APPLY TO CROWN PREMISES

• HOSPITALS WERE CROWN PREMISES UNTIL 1991

• HOWEVER REGULATORY REFORM (Fire Safety) 2005 APPLIES

FIRECODE

• HEALTH AUTHORITIES INTRODUCED FIRE CODES IN 1987

• SOME CODES ARE A GREATER STANDARD THAN THE FIRE AUTHORITY WOULD REQUIRE

• NEVER A LESSER STANDARD

• CHIEF EXEC MUST SIGN ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF FIRECODE COMPLIANCE SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY, NHS ESTATES, LEEDS

FIRE - TRIANGLE OF

COMBUSTION

FUEL HEAT

OXYGEN

WHAT ARE THE MAIN

CAUSES OF FIRE

• CIGARETTES

• CHIP/GRILL PANS

• ELECTRICAL DEFECTS

• ARSON ATTACKS

• PEOPLE

ELECTRICS

Class “A” Fires

Water Extinguisher

Class “B” Fires Foam

Class “C” Fires Dry Powder

Class “D” Fires

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Materials

Wood, Paper, Textiles.

Flammable Liquids

Oils, Spirits, Petrol.

Flammable Gases Propane,

Butane, North Sea Gas.

Live Electrical Overloading Sockets, Faulty Equipment,

Damaged Cables.

Hazards/Spotting

Structural Fire Safety Measures

FIRE ALARM

• IF THE ALARM SOUNDS

• FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE FOR YOUR

BUILDING

• GET OUT STAY OUT , CALL THE FIRE

SERVICE OUT

• DON’T FORGET THE ROLL CALL AT

THE ASSEMBLY POINT

FIRE ALARM

• IF YOU DISCOVER THE FIRE ACTIVATE

THE FIRE ALARM BY BREAKING THE

GLASS AT THE CALL POINT.

• MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE HAS

CALLED THE FIRE SERVICE.

BREAK GLASS

TO OPERATE

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

• SITED ON YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE

• IF YOU DECIDE TO HAVE A GO

• ASK YOURSELF?

• CAN IT BE PUT OUT WITH ONE

EXTINGUISHER

• IF NOT LEAVE ALONE AND GET OUT.

Fire Statistics

• In 2007 / 2008 more people died from fires

in there own homes than from acts of

violence.

• Of the people that died in domestic fires

90% did not have a smoke detector

working in their home.

RISK / FIRE

• MOST DOMESTIC FIRES OCCUR IN THE

KITCHEN

• MOST DEATHS OCCUR BETWEEN MID-

NIGHT AND SEVEN A.M.