Introduction to Fire Safety Management

see also
Emergency evacuation 
procedures; Evacuation 
strategies and procedures
Perception:
interpreting/making use of 
information, 78
of risk, individual will differ, 86
Perfl uorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), 
bioaccumulative and toxic to 
mammals, 313–14
Permit to work system, 111, 156
to support isolation procedures, 52
Person Protective Equipment 
Regulations (1992), 385–6
Personal emergency escape/evacuation 
plans (PEEPs), 191
for the disabled, 102, 255, 260, 264–5
Personal protective equipment (PPE), 
9, 104–5
benefi ts to its use, 105
Personality, 77
attitude a facet of, 77–8
Persons in premises unaware of fi re, 
335–6
obstruction of an alarm sounder, 335
Persons unable to safely evacuate for a 
fi re, 337
provision of evac chairs, 337
PFPF (Passive Fire Protection 
Federation), 26
Piper Alpha production platform, results 
of commercial pressure, 74
Pipes, ventilation ducts and other 
services, 184–5
availability of proprietary fi re stopping 
and sealing systems, 185
fi re dampers, 185
Planned preventive maintenance (PPM) 
programmes, 51, 149
Pollution incident response plan, 324–7
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 
1999, 315
Pollution, sources of in the event of fi re, 
312–14
Portable appliance testing 
see
PAT 
testing
Portable tanks, as emergency 
contaminated water containers, 
319
Premises:
joint occupation, 44–5
duties extend to self-employed, 44
duties of responsible person, 45
each party has absolute legal 
duties, 44
one employer in control, lead role 
in fi re safety arrangements, 45
persons in control of, 43–4
controller may need to exercise 
some form of entry control, 44
duties under section 4 of the 
HSWA, 43
identifi ed by RRFSO, 44
Preventing Falls in Scaffolding in False 
Work, SG4:05
, 7
Prevention of fi re 
see
Fire prevention
Production demands, leading to short 
cuts in safety, 74
Protected route, defi ned, 173
Purpose groups, consideration of in 
means of escape, 191, 238
PUWER (Provision and Use of Work 
Equipment Regulations 1998), 7, 
16, 50–2, 386–9
emergency controls, 52
information, instruction and training, 
51

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Index
415
inspection and maintenance, 51
management duties, 387
physical requirements, 387–9
protection against specifi ed hazards, 
52
suitability of work equipment, 50–1, 
386–9
Pyrolysis, 117
Quality assurance (QA), of suppliers 
and contractors, 159
Radiation:
and fi re spread, 123–4
fi re spread from one building to 
another, 123
Raising the alarm, methods of, 230–1
audible alarms, 230
combined audible and visual alarm, 
230
in entertainment and shopping 
facilities, 230–1
people respond more quickly to 
verbal instructions, 230
various arrangements for, 230
Rapid fi re and smoke spread in the 
workplace, 335, 336
inclusion of monthly inspection/
safety tour, 335
insecure service risers, 335, 336
lack of compartmentation between 
fl oors, 336
lack of intumescent strips, 335, 336
Reactive monitoring – reporting, 
recording and investigation, 
284–311
basic fi re-related investigation 
procedures, 295–302
dealing with the aftermath of fi res, 
302–3
fi res and other adverse effects, 
284–91
investigating fi re-related events, 
293–5
statutory requirements for recording 
and reporting adverse events, 
291–3
civil claims, 293
Refuges:
for the disabled in escaping fi re, 
209–10
use of in escaping fi re, 198–9
use of infl uenced by smoke thickness 
and fl oor location, 246
Regulations 2000 (amended 2006), 173, 
174
Regulations, 345–6
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 
2005