Legislation Remember, failure to comply with the law will have a serious effect on your business.
Remember, failure to comply with the law could have a very serious effect on you and may lead to Criminal or Civil action.
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 This above order requires you, the employer or responsible person to:
Carry out fire risk assessments of your workplace
Considering all employees and other affected persons during a fire, your risk assessment must include adequate provision for persons with special needs who use or may be present in your premises.
Identify Significant Findings
Significant findings of the risk assessment and the details of anyone who might be especially at risk in case of fire must be recorded if more than five people are employed.
Maintain Fire Precautions
The provision and maintenance of such fire precautions are necessary, so as to safeguard those who use your workplace and provide information, and instruction to your employees, about the fire precautions in your workplace.
The risk assessment will help you decide the nature and extent of the general and process fire precautions which you need to provide.