If you own a business that has an office or workspace, or into construction, it is imperative to stay on top of workplace health and safety rules. Such things as fire risk and presence of asbestos are obviously important, but actual health and safety training is critical to managing and lowering accident risk. It is a great idea to have professional trainers that meet and exceed training requirements do the training. It shows that your business truly cares about employees and can help boost morale, lower absences and increase profits by reducing future accidents by having a proactive approach to health and safety training. Accident prevention means better business. This is of paramount importance because a business Owner, a Director or a Managing Agent can face prosecution or even imprisonment for failing to comply with the Fire Safety Order. It is so important to train employees on health and safety issues on a regular basis, and the responsibility of keeping up with regular fire risk assessments puts a lot of stress and demand on an owner or manager's time, that it is far better to have a professional company such as Veritas come in and lift the burden. The following makes up what needs to be looked at when a fire risk assessment is done:
- Identify hazards and sources of ignition
- Assess whether any fire that could occur would endanger persons and their escape
- Decide what action is required to reduce the risk of harm
- Check compliance with statutory requirements (UK fire regulations)
- Draw up prioritised fire risk action plan to resolve deficiencies
- Establish fire risk assessment review dates
