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Responsible Person

Are you the "Responsible Person"? The Reform Order for Fire is the legislation and guidance for managing fire safety in the workplace, and requires a responsible person to to charge of managing fire safety. Ensuring that the Fire Risk Assessment is carried out and regularly reviewed falls to the 'responsible person', meaning that they must have the expertise […]

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The 7 steps to procuring successful fire risk assessment programmes

Some great advice on considerations prior to procuring Fire Risk Assessments. "The 7 steps to procuring successful fire risk assessment programmes Tom Gilbert highlights 7 key considerations issues that organizations should be considered prior to embarking on the procurement of third party fire risk assessors to deliver large fire risk assessment programmes across a multi-site portfolio. […]

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A New Consultant - Kevin Lowry

Kevin Lowry Joins Fire Safety Specialists Ltd A Big Welcome on Board.... to Kevin Lowry, who has joins the Fire Safety Specialists Ltd team.  Kevin has huge experience, having served with  Fire Service for 32 years. You can read more about Kevin on our website by clicking on this link.  We are very happy to […]

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The message is not getting through.

Yesterday I blogged about the frustration of seeing so many businesses where the owners just do not understnd or care about the importance of fire safety. Clare Rizo of IFSEC published the following article, backing up this frustration: Are Fire Safety Laws Fit for Purpose?  Is a re-think of fire safety regulations required, because some […]

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The Message is Not Getting Across

The Message is Just Not Getting Across I'm intrigued to find out something.  What do we need to do to get the message across to Landlord's and business owners that fire kills?  As blatant and blunt as this may seem, it's a simple truth. Would you not service and MOT your car?  Brakes failing leads […]

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BUY ON LINE

We are proud to announce that we have a web shop.  You can now buy on line, fire safety equipment and products from our online shop.

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Don't use an Extinguisher, Use a Dorgard.

When is an extinguisher not an extinguisher?  When it's a door stop. The practice of blocking a fire door open with an extinguisher is dangerous.  There is an easy and reasonably costed way of holding doors open that wont put your staff or business at risk. For more information about Dorguards or for any other […]

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Weekly Fire Extinguisher Checks.

A recurring theme across many of the assessments that we carry out is the lack of understanding concerning what weekly, monthly, quarterly, six monthly and annual checks need to be carried out. Apart from the regular maintenance required to meet legal or British Standards, weekly checks are also needed.  We usually advise that these can […]

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Working with Safelincs

Vin and Chris had a great meeting with SAFELINCS last week.  Meeting with Stuart Baxter, an online shop was discussed, as well as Fire Risk Assessments and other fire safety projects.   This was a very positive meeting, and we are looking forward to seeing how the relationship will develop over 2013. For any fire safety […]

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5 top fire safety tips

5 Tips for a Safer Workplace.                                       Whether  an employer or an employee, we all have a responsibility to look after fire safety  in the workplace.  It does not need to be a daunting task, it's simply a matter of common sense, an efficient fire safety record system and education. 1. Don’t let fire start […]

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