Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Equipment
– the provision of safe equipment for 
the tasks being carried out taking into account only 
one person is available. Other equipment including 
communications equipment (mobile phone, pager, radio) 
to enable regular contact with the line manager and 
others in the team must also be considered. Mobile fi rst 
aid kit and automatic warning devices in the event of an 
emergency should also be made available.
Materials
– each work situation would dictate 
consideration of a variety of chemicals (cleaners, 
delivery drivers, installation and maintenance engineers, 
warehouse workers) that persons could come into 
contact with or in the case of installation and mainten-
ance engineers the products conform to the required 
quality and safety standards.
Environment
– safe access and egress arrange-
ments which would include arrangements in the event 
of an emergency. Any specifi c arrangements for the 
provision of adequate welfare facilities, perhaps through 
liaison with a third party, must be considered. The safety 
of those working in the hours of darkness must be taken 
into account and work patterns considered accordingly.
This list is not exhaustive but is used to indicate 
how a safe system of work may be considered and then 
produced.
6.5.4 Documenting a safe system of work
Having assessed when a safe system of work is needed, 
and a competent person has been engaged to assist 
in its development, the next stage of the process is to 
document the system. As discussed previously it should 
be noted that not all safe systems of work will need to 
be documented; this decision is likely to be made by the 
competent person.
How the system is to be documented should be 
considered and refl ect among other issues; the nature of 
the operation, the level of control required, who will be 
operating it.
Figure 6.9
Consideration of the people, equipment, 
materials and environment is required when conducting a 
job safety analysis

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