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What makes a fire door defective?
...e thought of as a safety measure requiring little maintenance, an hotelier in Blackpool was fined more than £6,000 recently after fire safety officers found defective fire doors (as well as broken fire alarms, defective fire-fighting equipment and holes in the ceiling) on a routine inspection. But what exactly makes a fire door defective, and what can be done to make sure the fire doors in your workplace are up to scratch? According to Clive Raybould of FST Consultancy, there are no set guidelines on how to maintain a fire door; it is simply an issue of good practice. Raybould recommends that...
News | 12 Jun 2007
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What makes a fire door defective?
There is a protocol for maintaining standard wooden fire doors - BS 8214 1990. There is also a well known range of defects and alterations which would cause a fire door to perform below expectation. We have been running training courses on this topic and many other technical aspects of fire safety for many...
Comment | 14 Jun 2007
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...us risk to workplace safety Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance | The data | Comment and more ... Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL Government bodies seem reluctant to give any real answers to how the fire reform is actually working, commenting only on what the legislation was originally intended to achieve. Is this because they won't admit that the legislation and accompanying budgetary cuts are putting workplaces at risk? 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates and events taking place during November and December 2007. FOCUS 12 3 STRIKES AND YOUR ...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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fire update
...NING might prove just as well to one organisation, but not to another and having delivered Annual fire training on a weekly basis for the past 23 years, standards in training (and their contents) continue to improve as major companies invest in "their people". Going into a little more detail; What is the role of a fire warden? A fire warden will effectively have two roles: a day-to-day role and one for when the fire alarm sounds. Day-to-day role: • To keep an eye on the general fire safety of the area, building or floor the warden has been allocated. • Keep an eye on corridor...
Comment | 1 Mar 2011
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Annual Fire Safety Training
...fire training on a weekly basis for the past 23 years, standards in training (and their contents) continue to improve as major companies invest in "their people". Personally (and no offence), I would not expect a Fire Warden to give annual fire training. Going into a little more detail; What is the role of a fire warden? A fire warden will effectively have two roles: a day-to-day role and one for when the fire alarm sounds. Day-to-day role: • To keep an eye on the general fire safety of the area, building or floor the warden has been allocated. • Keep an eye on corridors ...
Comment | 17 Feb 2011
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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
...e of failings that were apparently not picked up or actioned by those persons responsible. It’s even worse because we then have to launch an appeal to get the money to rectify the damage. This well prepared and presented report makes interesting reading and unfortunately reflects, all too often, what I find when I find when I visit premises. Just like this case I find that very often all the paperwork is in place, sometimes too much, but then no one then bothers to do what the paperwork states. I recently stayed in a hotel in Somerset that was part of a well known chain of entertainment hotels ...
Comment | 2 Oct 2008
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Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion
...unding driving at work are many and complex, but are employers really doing enough to protect the safety of their workers, and themselves from prosecution? Nick Jordan reports. LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case law. Clinic 31 What provisions do we have to make for a breastfeeding employee who wishes to express milk at work? istockpho to.com Technical guidance 26 Analysis 34 P24 - In-depth legal guidance on: part-time workers and bank holiday Mondays; strike action -- an employer's guide; House of Lords reverse Mesotheli...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006
