Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.32.3 Safety requirements – regulations 
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Suitable and suffi cient sanitary conveniences should 
be provided which are:
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Adequately ventilated and lit
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Kept in a clean and orderly condition
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Separate for men and women (except where 
they are in a separate room and can be secured 
from the inside)
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Washing facilities should be provided (including 
showers where required), which are:
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In the immediate vicinity of every sanitary 
convenience
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In the vicinity of changing rooms where required
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Available with a supply of clean hot and cold (or 
warm) water, soap and means of drying
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Suffi ciently lit and ventilated
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Kept in a clean and orderly condition

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Summary of key legal requirements
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Separate for men and women (except where 
they are in a separate room, can be secured 
from the inside and are intended to be used by 
one person at a time)
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An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water 
should be provided for all persons in the workplace 
and this should:
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Be readily accessible
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Be conspicuously marked
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Include a suitable suffi cient number of cups 
or drinking vessels unless the supply is a drink-
ing jet
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Suitable and suffi cient accommodation should be 
provided for persons to store both clothing not worn 
during work and special clothing required for work
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The accommodation should be in a suitable loca-
tion, easily accessible, of suffi cient capacity and 
include:
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Facilities to change clothing, including separate 
facilities where necessary for propriety
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Suitable security for personal clothing not worn 
at work
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Separate accommodation for work and non-
work clothing where necessary
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Facilities to dry clothing
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Seating
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Suitable and suffi cient rest facilities should be pro-
vided, including facilities to eat meals where food 
would otherwise become contaminated
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Rest rooms should include:
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Suitable arrangements to protect non-smokers 
from discomfort caused by tobacco smoke
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Be equipped with an adequate number of tables 
and seating (with backs)
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Suitable facilities for pregnant women or nurs-
ing mothers to rest
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Suitable facilities to eat meals where these are 
regularly eaten in the workplace.

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AFFF 
Aqueous Film Forming Foam
APAU 
Accident Prevention Advisory Unit
ARC 
Alarm Receiving Centre
ASET 
Available Safe Escape Time
BCF Bromochlorodifl uoromethane
BS British 
Standard
BSI 
British Standards Institution
BTM Bromotrifl uoromethane
CCTV 
Closed Circuit Television
CDM 
The Construction (Design and Management) 
Regulations 
2007
CFOA 
Chief Fire Offi cers Association
CHIP 
Chemicals (Hazards Information and 
Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
CO
2
Carbon 
Dioxide
COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards 
Regulations 
1999
CORGI 
Council Registered Gas Installers
COSHH 
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 
Regulations 
2004
DCLG 
Department of Communities and Local 
Government
DDA 
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
DSEAR 
Dangerous Substances and Explosives 
Atmospheres Regulations 2002
EMAS 
Employment Medical Advisory Service
EU European 
Union
EVC 
Emergency Voice Communications
FFS 
Fire Fighting Systems
FIC 
Fire Incident Controllers
FMEA 
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FMT 
Facilities Management Team
FPA 
Fire Protection Association
FRA 
Fire Risk Assessment
FRRS 
Fire Resisting Roller Shutters
FRS 
Fire and Rescue Services
FTA 
Fault Tree Analysis
HAZOP 
Hazard and Operability Study
HSC 
Health and Safety Commission
HP Hydraulic 
Platform
HSCER 
The Health and Safety (Consultation with 
Employees) Regulations 1996
HSE 
Health and Safety Executive
HSG65 
HSE’s Successful Health and Safety 
Management
HSWA 
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
HTM65 
Health Technical Memorandum 65
IBCs 
Intermediate Bulk Containers
IFE 
Institute of Fire Engineers
ILO-OSH International Labour Organisation – 
Occupational Safety and Health
IOSH 
The Institution of Occupational Safety and 
Health
IPPC 
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
IRP 
Incident Response Plan
JSA 
Job Safety Analysis
KMFRA 
Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue 
Authority
LEL 
Lower Explosion Limit
LEV 
Local Exhaust Ventilation
LFL 
Lower Flammable Limit
LHDC 
Linear Heat Detecting Cable
LPG Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas
Lx Lux
MCCBs 
Moulded Case Circuit Breakers
MHSW 
Management of Health and Safety at Work 
Regulations 
1999
MoE 
Means of Escape
MSDS 
Materials Safety Data Sheets
MW/m
2
Megawatts per square metre
O&M 
Operations and Maintenance
ODPM Offi ce of the Deputy Prime Minister
OHSAS Occupational Health and Safety 
Assessment 
Series