Fire safety Current fire safety legislation for the majority of workplaces in England and Wales requires the responsible person to ensure a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) has been completed. Where the organisation employs 5 or more persons this assessment must be recorded. The attached fire risk assessment and action plan takes into account the hazards identified in the nursery, an assessment of risk and associated control measures to reduce or eliminate risk from fire within the premises. We looked reflectively at nursery operation in relation to fire safety, following guidance, at our activities and everything we do in a comprehensive way. We looked at: 1. Hazards (People/Activity/Physical) 2. Understand what risk if any is posed by the hazards we identified i.e. boxes left by radiators 3. Define the likelihood of risk by the hazard i.e. what is the likelihood of fire breaking out 4. Agreed what needed to be done to reduce or remove the risk that had been identified, through the development of the Fire Safety Action plan at the end of this document. 5. Recorded the significant findings. By the HAZARD we mean People/Activity/Physical we mean an item (ineffective storage of combustible items) Article (the combustible item left within range of an ignition resource i.e. radiator/faulty socket) Substance (cleaning materials that would feed a small ignition) person (not following the safety procedures within the risk assessment) that, if left, has the potential to cause harm. Environment (trip and slip hazards, clear stairs and walkways, adequate lighting) By a risk we mean the measure of probability or likelihood of the hazard causing harm by fire. We understand that it is not expected in legislation that we will eliminate all risk but within the fire safety legislation we reduce the risk to limit the level of unacceptable risk as far as is reasonably practicable.
Fire safety Current fire safety legislation for the majority of workplaces in England and Wales requires the responsible person to ensure a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) has been completed. Where the organisation employs 5 or more persons this assessment must be recorded. The attached fire risk assessment and action plan takes into account the hazards identified in the nursery, an assessment of risk and associated control measures to reduce or eliminate risk from fire within the premises. We looked reflectively at nursery operation in relation to fire safety, following guidance, at our activities and everything we do in a comprehensive way. We looked at: 1. Hazards (People/Activity/Physical) 2. Understand what risk if any is posed by the hazards we identified i.e. boxes left by radiators 3. Define the likelihood of risk by the hazard i.e. what is the likelihood of fire breaking out 4. Agreed what needed to be done to reduce or remove the risk that had been identified, through the development of the Fire Safety Action plan at the end of this document. 5. Recorded the significant findings. By the HAZARD we mean People/Activity/Physical we mean an item (ineffective storage of combustible items) Article (the combustible item left within range of an ignition resource i.e. radiator/faulty socket) Substance (cleaning materials that would feed a small ignition) person (not following the safety procedures within the risk assessment) that, if left, has the potential to cause harm. Environment (trip and slip hazards, clear stairs and walkways, adequate lighting) By a risk we mean the measure of probability or likelihood of the hazard causing harm by fire. We understand that it is not expected in legislation that we will eliminate all risk but within the fire safety legislation we reduce the risk to limit the level of unacceptable risk as far as is reasonably practicable.
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