When to use:
Health and safety legislation requires all employers to operate a safe system of work. One way of discharging this duty is to implement rules and regulations, training and other systems which aim to prevent accidents. Even if you have no employees, the regulations apply to cover other visitors to your premises.
There are two good reasons to buy these documents.
First, Net Lawman has drawn a set of Fire Safety document templates to create for you a low cost route to compliance. As with all such documents, simply completing a form does not automatically mean you have complied. The purpose of the regulations is to make us all consider fire risks, reduce them where possible and inform everyone as appropriate. However, if you have a legal claim, or an employment claim, or simply a visit from your insurer, it will be difficult for anyone to say you have failed to comply, if these documents are in place.
Second, if you have the documents in place, it is very easy to diarise ahead a few months and update them. You can turn another piece of mind boggling red tape into a 30 minute task. (Note however, that in law, the duty is ongoing and requires constant monitoring!)
ZA-HSE043: Fire safety assessment form and checklist
This document sets out an assessment form and checklist for simple yet effective analysis of the overall level of risk in a premises.
ZA-HSE043 includes provisions for the following:
I. management,
II. premises structure,
III. staff awareness and training,
IV. visitors, the disabled and contractors,
V. fire exits and escape routes,
VI. fire and exit doors,
VII. fire prevention,
VIII. fire fighting equipment
IX. business continuity
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General Obligations to assess the complete fire procedures in any premises?
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simple tick boxes to show whether a particular procedure is in place ensures nothing can be mistakenly ‘missed’
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Provision for comments regarding an identified risk and the action required to minimise the risk
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indispensable detailed analysis of a breakdown of the fire regulations and how to comply with ease.
