Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Abbreviations

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OPSI The 
Offi ces of Public Sector Information
PAT 
Portable Appliance Testing
PCBs Polychlorinated 
Biphenyls
PEEP 
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan
PFOS Perfl uoroctane Sulfonate
PFPF 
Passive Fire Protection Federation
PIR Passive 
Infrared
PPE 
Personal Protective Equipment
PPM 
Planned Preventive Maintenance
PTSD 
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTW 
Permit To Work
PUWER 
Provision and Use of Work Equipment 
Regulations 
1998
RCDs 
Residual Current Devices
RCS 
Risk Control Systems
RF Radio 
Frequency
RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries Diseases and 
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
ROES 
Representatives of Employee Safety
RORO 
Roll on Roll off
RRFSO 
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
RSET 
Required Safe Escape Time
SIESO
Sharing Information and Experience for Safer 
Operations
SME 
Small to Medium Enterprises
SO
2
Sulphur 
Dioxide
SRSC
Safety Representatives and Safety 
Committees Regulations 1977
SSCPR
Social Security (Claims and Payments) 
Regulations
SSOW 
Safe Systems of Work
TL Turntable 
Ladder
UEL 
Upper Explosion Limit
UFL 
Upper Flammable Limit
UK United 
Kingdom
WEL 
Workplace Exposure Limited
Abbreviations
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403
Accident, defi ned, 1
Accident book (HSE BI 510), 291, 292
limited use of the information, 291
Accident triangle, Frank Bird, 286, 287
Accidental fi res 
see
Fires, accidental
Acetone, 313
Work Exposure Limit (WEL), 104
Acetylene, 142
Acid rain, 313
ACoPs (Approved Codes of Practice):
and criminal law, 6–7
Dangerous Substances and 
Explosive Atmospheres (extract), 
54
MHSW, and risk assessment, 85
relating to PUWER, 52
Action plans, agreement and 
implementation, 290
Acts of Parliament, 345
Adverse events, 290
analysis of information, 289
environmental factors, 289
equipment factors, 289
human factors, 289
organisational factors, 289
classifi cation of, 286
near misses, 286
reactive monitoring, 286
establishment of cause, 288
gathering information, 288–9
internal systems for managing data, 
291
communication, 291
tracking response to each event, 
291
trend analysis, 291
investigations, best practice, 288
sources of information, 289
Adverse events, statutory requirements 
for recording and reporting, 
291–3
reporting fi re-related events, 292–3
dangerous occurrences, 293
personal injuries, 292
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases 
and Dangerous Occurrences 
Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), 
291–2
Social Security (Claims and 
Payments) Regulations (SSCPR), 
291
employer, obligation to investigate 
cause of event, 292
Advisory Committee on the Safety of 
Nuclear Installations, defi nition 
of safety culture, 60
Air circulation systems, provide fi res 
with oxygen, 125
Air conditioning, provide fi res with 
oxygen, 125
Arcing faults, and accidental fi res, 137
Arson, 140, 141, 143–7, 294
causes/reasons, 143–4, 294
associated with a grievance, 144
associated with mental instability, 
144
associated with other crimes, 144
economic or political motivation, 
144
fraudulent arson, 144
infl uencing factors and management, 
144–7
buildings/sites at risk, 145
business operations and activities, 
147
timing of occurrences, 144–5
prevention of, 302
simple indications of, 294
Asbestos, 314, 320
asbestosis, 314
mesothelioma, 314
Attitude, 77–8
changing attitudes, 77–8
development at work, 77
Authority for handling waste, 352
Automatic fi re detection installations 
see
Fire detection and alarm 
systems
Backdraught, defi ned, 173
Basements:
deep, 197
venting heat and smoke, 234–5, 236
BATNEEC (best environmental 
technique not entailing excessive 
cost), 351
Benzene, produces thick, black smoke, 
313
BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapour 
explosion), 127
BPEO (best practicable environmental 
option), 351
British Safety Council, 26
BS 476, Fire doors with non-metallic 
leaves, 182, 186, 335
BS 5266 Part 1:2005, categorises 
emergency lighting units, 212, 
330
BS 5306 Part 2:1990, Fire extinguishing 
installations and equipment on 
premises, 217
BS 5499 Part 1, Fire safety signs, 214
BS 5538 Part 12 (Fire safety 
management), 39