Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Five Steps to Risk Assessment
, 87
general duties, 346
of self-employed, 43
maximum penalties for breaches and 
contraventions, 22
occupiers (persons in control of 
premises):
duties under Occupiers Liability 
Acts 1957 and 1984, 9
ensuring safety of persons while on 
the premises, 9
offences and penalties, 349
personal liabilities:
additional duties on senior 
managers/directors, 10
duties on all employees, 10
provision of safety information, 25
requires employers to understand 
‘risks inherent in their work’, 85
section 2, duty of the employer to 
their employees, 346
section 3, general duty of the 
employer and the self-employed 
to other persons, 346
section 5, emissions, 346
sections 20 to 25, appointment and 
powers of inspectors, 347
sections 26 to 28, power to indemnify 
inspectors, 348
section 33, offences and penalties for 
breaches of the Act, 348
section 35, concerning location of 
plant or substances in breach of 
provisions, 348
section 40, proving the standard of 
reasonable practicability, 349
see also
Fire and health and safety
Human behaviour and safety culture, 
75–8
job factors, 76–7
job design, 77
job safety analysis, 77

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Index
413
matching the job to the person, 
76–7
the organisation, 75–6
personal factors, 77–8
attitude, 77–8
motivation, 78
perception, 78
personality, 77
Human errors, causing false alarms, 296
Human failure and safety culture, 79–80
human errors, 79
lapses of attention, 79
mistaken acts/omissions, 79
human errors, minimising, 79
types of human failure, 79
violations, routine, situational and 
exceptional, 80
Human resource management policies, 
and safety policies, 31
IFE (Institution of Fire Engineers), 26
Ill health, defi ned, 1
ILO-OSH 2001, 26, 27
Incident, defi ned, 1
Industrial emissions, authorisation and 
regulation, 21
Inert gas fl ooding installations, 173
Information, instruction and training, 51
training delivery, 51
Information, internal fl ow of, 65–6
face-to-face communication – and a 
feed-back loop, 66
other media for communicating 
safety information, 65
type of information communicated, 
65
visible behaviour of senor 
management, 65
written communication, 65
Inner room, defi ned, 173
Inspection and maintenance:
by safety representatives, 394
planned preventive maintenance 
(PPM) programmes, 51
of work equipment involving a 
specifi c risk, 51
Internal linings, 185–7
in areas where people circulate, 186
in Building Regulations Part B – 
section 2, 185–6, 187
Intrinsic safety, 147, 148
intrinsically safe equipment, 158
Intruder alarms, 144
Intumescent strips, 182, 335, 336
Investigation procedures, basic, 287–90
agreeing and implementing an action 
plan, 290
analysing information, 289
contributory factors, 289
establishing the cause, 288
immediate causes, 288, 301
root cause, 288, 301
underlying causes, 288, 301
gathering information, 288–9
identifying risk control measures, 
289–90
level of investigation, 287–8
involving others, 288
sources of information, 289
Investigation, role and function of, 
285–6
policy requirements, 285–6
IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety 
and Health), 26
IPC (Integrated pollution control), 350–1
IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention 
and Control) Regulations, 315, 
351
ISO 9000 series, 26
ISO 14001 series, 26
Isocyanates (cyanide), in many plastics, 
314
IT cabling installation, people at risk, 90
Job design, 77
Job safety analysis, 77
Job Safety Analysis (JSA), 108
Ladbroke Grove rail enquiry, report links 
good safety and good business, 
61
Legislation, requiring completion of risk 
assessments, 85–6
Lobbies, fi re protected, 207
Lone working, SSOW for, 110
Major accident prevention policies, 315
Malicious acts, causing false alarms, 
296
Management:
commitment to improving safety 
culture, 81
commitment to safety, 73
demonstrating commitment to safety 
in the workplace, 74
Management behaviour:
and a blame culture, 71
impacting on safety culture of 
organisations, 71
Management of Health and Safety at 
Work Regulations (1999) 
see
MHSW
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 78
Materials:
in lone working, 110
must be safe during use or 
processing, 109–10
Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), 
120–1
Means of escape, 188–236
available safe escape time (ASET) 
(BSI PD7974), 189, 190
consideration of appropriate 
standard, 188–9
defi ned, 188
emergency lighting, 211–13
escape exits, 200–3
escape facilities for the disabled, 
209–10
evacuation strategies and 
procedures, 190–1
external escape routes, 208–9
fi re detection and alarm systems, 
225–6
automatic, types of, 226
fi re panels and zoning, 228–9
fi re safety systems, maintenance and 
testing, 231
fi re service access and facilities, 
231–6
fi xed fi re fi ghting systems, 216–21
generally accepted evacuation times, 
190
important factors, 189
management actions required to 
maintain, 216
methods of detection, 226–8
methods of raising the alarm, 230–1
occupancy, 191–4
portable fi re fi ghting equipment, 
221–5
protection of escape routes, 103–8
reducing unwanted fi re signals, 231
required safe escape time (RSET) 
(BSI PD7974), 189
signs and signage, 213–15
smoke control and ventilation, 
210–11
travel distances, 194–200