Introduction to Fire Safety Management

see also
COSHH (Control of 
Substances Hazardous to Health 
Regulations 2002 as amended); 
Storage, of chemicals and LPG 
(hazardous materials)
Hazards, 331–2
primary, 331
most obvious relate to sources of 
ignition, 331
secondary, 331–2
obvious risks, 331–2
HAZOP (Hazard and operability study), 
108
Health and medical surveillance, 
in relation to fi re safety 
management, 271–2
techniques for gathering information, 
272
Health risks:
distinguish between acute and 
chronic ill health, 89
linked to a fi re scenario, 89
Health and Safety at Work.… Act (1974) 
see
HSWA
Health and Safety Commission (HSC), 
10
cost of health and safety failures to 
society, 2
Health and Safety (Consultation with 
Employees) Regulations (1996), 
379–80
Health and safety and fi re 
see
Fire and 
health and safety
Health and Safety (First Aid) 
Regulations (1981), 381
Health and Safety (Information for 
Employees) Regulations (1989), 
381–2
Health and safety management 
systems, correction of failures 
in, 285
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and 
Signals) Regulations 1996, 214, 
253, 395–6
fi re safety signs, 396
Health and safety when investigating 
fi res, 298–9
investigators may be subjecy to 
health surveillance, 299
keeping investigators safe, 298
management plan for, 299
Health Technical Memorandum way 
fi nding, 214
Hospitals:
NHS Firecodes recognise value of 
refuges, 198–9
progressive evacuation, 191
strategies, 191
Hot work checklist, example, 169
Hot work permits:
example, 167–8
minimum inclusions, 164
support control of SSOW, 163–4
Hot works, 150
and fi re prevention, 163–5
temporary fabrication (fab) shops, 
163
fi re prevention and use of tar boilers, 
164–5
levels of supervision and monitoring 
required, 106
use of bitumen and tar boilers, 142
within a fi re retardant enclosure, 
104
HSCER (Health and Safety 
(Consultation with Employees) 
Regulations 1996), 15, 46, 47–8
employers’ duties, 47–8
employer’s duty to provide 
information, 48
functions of Representatives of 
Employee Safety (ROES), 48
HSE (Health and Safety Executive), 10, 
73
accident rates 2001/2002, skilled 
tradesmen and machine 
operatives, 286, 287
‘Basic Advice on First Aid at Work’, 
113
categorisation of adverse events 
resulting in injury, 286–7
Guidance note EH 40, 155
guidelines for electrical safety, HSG 
141, 162
health and safety duties of the board, 
39
prosecution of fabrication company, 
28–9
report, failings in technical measures 
at Flixborough, 135
RIDDOR report form F2508, 292, 
305–6
still retains enforcement responsibility 
in some areas, 15
HSG65, 26, 268, 276
building blocks to an effective safety 
culture, 63–71
communication, 64–7
competence, 67–71
control, 63–4
cooperation, 64
defi nition of audit, 276
HSE risk estimator, 91
Plan, Do, Check and Act, 26–7
and risk control, 103
Successful Health and Safety 
Management
, 27–8, 60, 107, 268
audit, 28
measuring performance, 28
organising for safety, 27
planning and implementing, 27–8
policy, 27
reviewing performance, 28
useful guidance on inventory 
preparation, 88
value of written statements of intent, 
32
HSWA (Health and Safety at Work.… 
Act (1974)), 4, 8–10, 42, 65–6, 
346–9
designers, manufacturers, suppliers, 
installers etc., duty imposed, 
9–10
employers:
duty to produce health and safety 
policy, 8
general duty of, 8–9
prosecutions by HSE, 24
responsible for safety of other 
persons affected by work 
activities, 9
employers, statement of general 
policy for management of health 
and safety, 30
enforcement notices, 348
enforcing authorities, 347
establishes the HSC and the HSE, 10