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Portable Fire Extinguishers: to use or not to use?

14 Jan 2008 4:17PM
Lawrence Webster Forrest
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Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 building owners and occupiers of premises to which people have access are obliged to provide suitable firefighting equipment and to ensure that each appliance is properly maintained, immediately obvious and readily accessible in the event of fire. Handheld extinguishers and people who have been trained it their use are often the first line of defence against a possible disaster and therefore one cannot overstate the importance of this simple and inexpensive form of protection.

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  • Mark Talbot-Sykes, MTS Consultants Ltd
    10 Oct 2007 can you email the white pap...
  • Gillian Nightingale, Workplace Law Group Ltd
    15 Oct 2007 Mark The White papers on...
  • Alan Cox, First for Fire & Safety
    17 Oct 2007 The answer to this is fairl...
  • Chris Johnson, Essex Security & Fire Protection Association
    18 Oct 2007 Portable Fire Extinguishers...
  • Maxine Phipp, Accord Facilities Management
    29 Oct 2007 Please can anyone tell me:-...

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