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Good is no longer good enough Gary Laird Committee member IOSH Fire Risk Management Group (FRMG) frmg@ioshnetworks.co.uk A world which is safe, healthy and sustainable The world is changing at a rapid speed, as a major safety organisation we


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Good is no longer good enough Gary Laird

Committee member IOSH Fire Risk Management Group (FRMG)

frmg@ioshnetworks.co.uk

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A world which is safe, healthy and sustainable

The world is changing at a rapid speed, as a major safety organisation we need to provide a very strong professional lead for the future. As an organisation IOSH has over 46,000 members globally. The IOSH Fire Risk Management Group has over 3,700 members, we are all volunteers.

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IOSH Fire Risk Management Group

Where we are now:

  • Over 3,700 Group members
  • Certificate in Fire Risk Management (NEBOSH)
  • IOSH Training programmes with CPD awards
  • Website - regular news & information updates
  • All Party Parliamentary Fire and Rescue Group
  • Active involvement in Fire Sector Federation:–

Executive; Forum; Technical Guidance & Workforce Development work streams

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Changes in the fire sector

Long term focus:

  • Impact of an ageing population
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Expectations and profile of Fire Safety
  • Finance
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Rose Park

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Rose Park

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

  • Mirrors the Health and Safety at Wok Act 1974.
  • Capability Regulations
  • Legal requirement
  • Written record in the form of an assessment.
  • Enforced by the Fire Service.
  • New legal definitions e.g. responsible person,

competent person and the relevant person.

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14 June 2017

  • The day the systems failed
  • When it comes to fire safety “good enough” is no

longer good enough

  • This was in fact predictable
  • Who could have known that in the second decade of

the 21st century, the eyes of the whole world would have been watching with horror, a disaster captured

  • n live TV, in the capital of the fifth biggest economy

in the world

  • What do we mean by “due diligence”?
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What happens when the fire alarm goes

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Fire Wardens

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Fire detection – warning and firefighting

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Fire safety risk assessment

  • Competency- experience, of the fire risk assessor.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the legal

requirements relating to fire risk assessment.

  • Ability to plan the fire risk assessment.
  • Analysis of the workplace and work activity
  • Selection of fire control measures- active and

passive.

  • Consider fire suppression systems – sprinklers,

water mist.

  • Automatic fire detection systems as compensatory

feature.

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Thank you for your attention Any questions?

Gary Laird – frmg@ioshnetworks.co.uk