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see
RRFSO
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations
see
RIDDOR
Representatives of Employee Safety
(ROES), functions of, 48
Residential care homes:
progressive evacuation, 191
staff evacuation procedures, 245
Responsible persons, 13, 14, 73
duties under RRFSO and HSWA, 45
and fi re safety management, 37
devising emergency procedures,
254
identifi ed by RRFSO, overall
responsibilities, 44
and risk assessment, 85
to appoint competent persons as
safety advisers, 39–40
Reviewing performance, safety reviews,
278–80
annual reviews and reports, 280
details to be included, 280
guidance, the Turnbull Report
(Institute of Chartered
Accountants), 280
initial status review, 278
establishing to what extent existing
arrangements are in place, 278
results, 278
regular reviews, 278–80
contractor reviews, 279–80
fi re inspection report reviews, 279
fi re safety systems, 279
take into account changes, 278–9
training and fi re drill, 279
RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 1995),
291–2, 392–3
defi nitions, 392
events needing recording, 291, 392–3
report form F2508, 292, 305–6
Risk:
avoidance of, 102
combatting at source, 102
critical to distinguish between the
two elements in, 84
defi ned, 2, 19, 84
evaluated by numerical data, 92
data for, 92
evaluating what cannot be avoided,
102
fi nancial and economic implications
of failure to identify, 83–4
Risk assessment:
action plans should be SMART, 95
arson risk assessment model, 146
communicating fi ndings of, 96–7
communicated to all affected, 96
ways of communicating signifi cant
fi ndings, 96
defi ned, 84
determines need for introduction of a
SSOW, 107
Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (FSA), 17
with HSG65, 28
purpose of, 83
for RRFSO, 13
under MHSW, 10
use of electrical appliances and
installations, 147–8
see also
Fire risk assessment
Risk assessment, principles of, 83–100
communicating fi ndings of a risk
assessment, 96–7
competency to conduct risk
assessments, 86–7
defi nitions relating to risk
assessment, 84–5
risk assessment and the law, 85–6
Risk assessment process, 87–96
applying additional risk control
measures, 94–5
MHSW and RRFSO hierarchy of
controls, 94
prioritising of risk controls, 94–5
evaluating residual risk, 90–4
qualitative analysis, 91
quantitative analysis, 92
semi-quantitative analysis, 93, 94
identifying signifi cant hazards, 88–9
categories of health risk to be
considered, 89
consultation with the workforce, 88
reviewing documents, 88
reviewing records, 88
useful to use HSE’s RIDDOR
‘accident categories’, 89
identifying who is at risk, 89–90
groups, 89–90
individuals within groups, 90
preparing inventory of activities, 88
recording fi ndings, 95, 98–100
general activity risk record and
action plan, 98–100
key elements to record, 95
reviewing and revising the
assessment, 95–6
circumstances requiring review of a
risk assessment, 96
training designed for support, 87
varies according to an organisation’s
activities, 84
see also
fi re risk assessment process
Risk assessment records, 25
Risk assessment strategy, effective, 83
Risk assessment teams, 86–7
Risk control, hierarchy of measures,
103–6
control, 103, 104
engineering controls, 104, 106–7
Safe Systems of Work (SSOW),
104
discipline, 105–6
personal discipline required, 106
signage, 105–6
elimination of risk, 103
isolation, 103, 104
personal protective equipment (PPE),
104–5
reduction, 103–4
reduction of exposure time to
hazards, 104
substitution, 103
supervision and monitoring, 106–7
Risk control systems, defi ned, 85
Risk controls, 289–90
defi ned, 84
Risk grading, 94
Index
416
Risk matrix:
for determining magnitude of risk, 91
semi-quantitative, 93, 94
Road traffi c accidents, and fi res, 353
Role, emergency duties, 256
RRFSO (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety
Order) 2005), 12–15, 30, 42, 73,
302, 389–92
applies to non-domestic premises,
few exceptions, 12, 389
Article 18, 39
control of risks from dangerous
substances, 14
fi re fi ghting and detection, 14
defi nitions and meanings, 389
documents and records, 391–2
emergency routes and exits, 14, 15,
390
employee rights and responsibilities,
391
enforcement, 391
fi re fi ghting, 390
general fi re precautions, 13
information, training and
consultation, 15
inspectors, 391
legal enforcement, 15–16
by HSE, 15
by local authorities, 15–16
maintenance of facilities, equipment
and devices, 151, 390
notices and penalties, 391
principles of prevention, 101
procedures for serious and imminent
danger and for danger areas, 14
responsible person(s)13–14, 389–91
defi ned, 13
main duty holder for fi re safety,
13–14
risk assessment:
need to carry out, 13
responsible person’s actions in
light of fi ndings, 14, 392
safety assistance (competent
person(s)), 15
signifi cant fi re specifi c issues
covered, 13
training, 390
young persons, 391
Run-off, contaminated, hazards of, 318
Safe evacuation, infl uential
characteristics of people, 244–7
building design features, 246–7
fi re effl uent and/or heat, 246
initial reaction, 245–6
time taken initially to react to fi re or
alarm, 245
physical condition, 244–5
problems using multiple fl ights of
stairs, 244
psychological disorders or
phobias, 245
sensory condition, 244
stakeholding, 246
state of consciousness, 245
fatalities, people not fully
conscious, 245
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