Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.24.9 Cooperation and coordination – 
regulation 11
Where two or more employers share a workplace, each 
of them should:
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Cooperate with the other to enable them to comply 
with relevant fi re and health and safety legislation
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Take all reasonable steps to coordinate the preven-
tive and protective measures required by relevant 
fi re and health and safety legislation
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Take all reasonable steps to inform the other 
employer of the risks to their employees’ health and 
safety arising out of their undertaking.
15.24.10 Persons working in host employer’s 
undertakings – regulation 12
Where employees from outside are working in a host 
employer’s undertaking, the host employer must provide 
their employer with information on:
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The risks to their health and safety from the host 
employer’s undertaking
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The preventive and protective measures taken in so 
far as they relate to that employee
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The identity of nominated competent persons 
responsible for implementing evacuation procedures.
The host employer must also ensure that any person 
working in their undertaking is provided with appropriate 
instructions and comprehensible information on the risks 
to their health and safety from the host employer’s under-
taking and the identity of nominated competent persons 
responsible for implementing evacuation procedures.
15.24.11 Capabilities and training – regulation 13
Employers are required to take account of the capa-
bilities of their employees when entrusting tasks to them 
and should ensure that they are provided with adequate 
health and safety training on their being recruited and on 
their being exposed to new or increased risks because of:
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Their being transferred or given a change in 
responsibilities
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The introduction of new work equipment or a 
change in existing equipment
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The introduction of new technology
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The introduction of a new system or a change in a 
system of work.
This training must be repeated periodically where appro-
priate, adapted to take account of new or changed risks 
and take place during working hours.

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