Fire Risk
Overview
Fire Safety Law and its Practical Application
At the end of 2006 the biggest change to UK fire safety law for over 30 years occurred when the Regulatory Reform [Fire Safety] Order 2005 came onto the statute books. Company owners and senior executives, landlords, builders and professionals are all waking up to a seismic shift in liabilities and potential penalties. The new regulations mark a seismic shift in the application of UK fire safety in which employers, not the fire service, now have to determine the fire safety of all occupants and employees.
This sea change could clearly have major implications for the safety of all those who occupy non-domestic premises for work or leisure. Several million premises are caught by this new law and employers risk prosecution, severe penalties and possible imprisonment if they place any occupant at risk.
Who is this book for?
This book draws on over three decades of professional fire fighting, rescue and fire safety specialist enforcement to provide invaluable jargon-free, practical guidance to those who now bear responsibility:
• Property and facilities managers
• Office managers and company secretaries
• Health and safety officers
• Architects and professional specifiers
• Building company executives
• Surveyors and landlords
• Police officers
• Lawyers and students of Public Safety Law
• Fire officers
Book Details
- Format:
- Download (PDF)
- ISBN:
- 978 185418680 5
- Publication Date:
- 2008
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Content
Introduction
Part 1: Basic principles
Chapter 1: The reasons for adequate fire safety measures in non-domestic premises
Chapter 2: A potted history of significant life-loss fires in the UK
Chapter 3:The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, SI 1541Chapter 4: Fire Risk Assessment
Chapter 5: General fire precautions and fire safety provisions
Part 2: Additional information
Introduction
Chapter 6: AFD/AFA systems
Chapter 7: Firefighting measures
Chapter 8: Means of escape
Chapter 9: Fire separation and compartmentation
Chapter 10: Staff training and instruction
Chapter 11: Enforcement of the Fire Safety Order 2005
Chapter 12: Liaison with the fire and rescue service
Chapter 13: Fire safety law enforcement – a fire and rescue service perspective
Appendices
Appendix 1: Technical information
Appendix 2: The definition of competence and seeking specialist advice from an external source
Appendix 3: Effective management of fire safety
Appendix 4: Arson
Appendix 5: Heritage buildings
Appendix 6: Plans and line drawings
Appendix 7: Fire Risk Assessment flow chart
Appendix 8: The Fire Risk Assessment report
Appendix 9: Fire extinguishers
Appendix 10: Definitions and illustrations – means of escape
Appendix 11: Fire safety advisor’s terms and letters of agreement
Conclusion
Glossary and references