Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Fire safety arrangements
Employers must have a system for managing fi re safety 
[11], which includes measures for 
planning, organisa-
tion, control and monitoring
of your fi re preventive and 
protective measures. This must be recorded if:
i. 
You employ fi ve or more people [11.(2)(a)]
ii. There is a licence in force [11.(2)(b)]
iii. You are subject to an alterations notice [11.(2) (c)].
Records
Records should include reviews of the fi re risk assess-
ment [9(3)], fi re safety policy, procedures or arrange-
ments [11.(1)(c)], training records, drills, certifi cates for 
the installation and maintenance of any fi re safety sys-
tems or equipment. The inspector can demand to see 
the records.
15.28
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases 
and Dangerous Occurrences 
Regulations 1995 (SI 3163)
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous 
Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) require that 
specifi ed injuries and dangerous occurrences resulting 
from accidents arising out of or in connection with work 
and specifi ed occupational diseases are reported to the 
enforcing authority.
15.28.1 Interpretation – regulation 2
The following terms are defi ned in RIDDOR:
➤
Accident – includes an act of non-consensual vio-
lence done to a person at work and an act of suicide 
which occurs on or in the course of the operation of 
a relevant transport system (a railway, tramway, trol-
ley vehicle system or guided transport system)
➤
Dangerous occurrence – a specifi ed class of occur-
rence arising out of or in connection with work 
including:
➤
Electrical short circuit or overload attended by 
fi re or explosion which results in the stoppage 
of the plant involved for more than 24 hours or 
which has the potential to cause the death of 
any person
➤
Unintentional explosion or ignition of explosives
➤
The unintentional ignition of anything in a 
pipeline
➤
Any incident involving a road tanker or tank con-
tainer or vehicle used for the carriage of danger-
ous goods in which there is a fi re which involves 
the dangerous goods being carried
➤
Any explosion or fi re occurring in any large vehi-
cle or mobile plant which results in the stoppage 
of the vehicle or plant for more than 24 hours 
and which affects any place where people nor-
mally work or the egress from such a place
➤
Disease – includes a medical condition
➤
Major injury – means a specifi ed injury or condition 
including:
➤
Any fracture other than to fi ngers, thumbs or toes
➤
Any 
amputation
➤
A chemical or hot metal burn to the eye
➤
Any injury resulting from an electric shock or 
electrical burn leading to unconsciousness or 
requiring resuscitation or hospital admittance 
for more than 24 hours
➤
Responsible person – includes the employer and the 
person having control of the premises at which the 
reportable event happened.