Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management
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Thermometers should be provided to enable per-
sons at work to determine the temperature inside a 
workplace and excessive effects of sunlight on tem-
perature should be avoided
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Workplaces should have suitable and suffi cient light-
ing (by natural means where reasonably practicable), 
including emergency lighting where failure of artifi -
cial lighting will expose people at work to danger
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Workplaces, furniture, furnishings and fi ttings should 
be kept suffi ciently clean and all surfaces of fl oors, 
walls and ceilings inside buildings should be capa-
ble of being kept suffi ciently clean
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Waste materials should not be allowed to accumu-
late in a workplace except in suitable receptacles
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Rooms where people work should be of suffi cient 
dimensions for health, safety and welfare purposes
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Workstations should be arranged so that they are 
suitable for both the person at work and the work 
activity that will take place and should:
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Provide protection from adverse weather
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Enable any person to leave swiftly in the event 
of an emergency
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Ensure that the person is not likely to slip or fall
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A suitable seat (and footrest as necessary) should 
be provided where the work is of a kind that can or 
must be done seated.
15.32.2 Safety requirements – regulations 
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Floors and traffi c routes should be:
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Suitably constructed (free from holes, slopes 
and uneven or slippery surfaces posing a risk 
to health or safety and have effective drainage 
where necessary)
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Kept free from obstructions and an article or 
substance which may cause a person to slip, 
trip or fall
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Traffi c routes which are staircases should be pro-
vided with handrails and guards where necessary
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Where there is a risk of a person falling into a dan-
gerous substance in a tank, pit or structure, these 
must be securely fenced or covered
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Windows or other transparent or translucent surfaces 
in a wall, partition, door or gate should be made of 
safety material or protected against breakage and 
be appropriately marked to make it apparent
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Windows, skylights or ventilators which can be 
opened must be capable of being opened, closed or 
adjusted without exposing people to a risk to their 
health or safety
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When open, windows, skylights or ventilators must 
not expose any person to risks to their health or 
safety
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Windows and skylights must be designed or con-
structed so that they may be cleaned safely
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Workplaces should be organised in such a way that 
pedestrians and vehicles can circulate safely
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Traffi c routes should be suitably indicated and must 
be of suffi cient number, size and position and suit-
able to ensure that:
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Pedestrians or vehicles can use it without caus-
ing danger to persons at work near it
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There is suffi cient separation of any vehicle traf-
fi c route from doors, gates or pedestrian routes 
which lead onto it
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Where pedestrians and vehicles use the same 
route, there is suffi cient separation between 
them
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Doors and gates should be of suitable construc-
tion (including being fi tted with any necessary safety 
devices) and:
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Sliding doors or gates must have a device to 
prevent them coming off their track during use
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Any upward opening door or gate has a device 
to prevent it falling back
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Powered doors or gates must have suitable and 
effective measures to prevent injury by trapping 
people
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Where necessary, powered doors or gates 
should open manually unless they open auto-
matically if the power fails
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Doors or gates which can be opened by either 
being pushed or pulled must have a clear view 
of both sides when closed
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Escalators and moving walkways must function 
safely, have any necessary safety devices and be 
fi tted with one or more emergency stop controls.