Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Do
– involving putting into place or implementing the 
plans to achieve overall aims and objectives set during 
the planning phase.
Check
– the measurement of progress against the plans 
and legal standards to confi rm compliance.
Act
– consider and review the status against the plans 
and standards and taking of action when appropriate.

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Fire safety foundations
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1.7.1 HSE’s Guide – Successful Health and 
Safety Management (HSG65)
HSG65 is based upon a framework comprising six core 
elements, each of these elements interacts with the 
others enabling a continuous improvement cycle to be 
obtained.
A brief outline of each element is described below.
Policy
The Policy sets a clear direction for the organisation in 
its aim to achieve successful and continuous improve-
ment of its safety management system. It also clearly 
identifi es the standards to be achieved in promoting and 
demonstrating its drive towards improved safety per-
formance. As will be discussed in the following chap-
ter it is evident that senior management are taking their 
responsibilities for the safe management of people and 
the environment seriously.
Organising
Organising for safety is more than allocating roles and 
responsibilities; it must also take into account how activi-
ties that infl uence an organisation’s safety and its culture, 
such as the use of contractors, procurement of materials 
and the management of information imparted from the 
organisation, will affect its safety management.
Establishing both organisational and individual 
competencies and the involvement of staff at each level 
are key elements in effectively organising a company to 
manage safety effectively.