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I would expect some emergency lighting would be necessary. Similarly directional signage and an alarm system. All of the above can be acquired in relatively discreet, portable format, so there should be no need to make actual material changes to the building unless something is really, really off. A...

Huh...

I've never actually had to do that, so I don't know, but surely the seller / product itself would confirm this?

Absolutely standard approach for a certain high-street clothing and food store. Fire marshals would clear the area they were in, proceed to the fire panel, and then whoever was in charge would direct two people (or more sets of two if the trigger point wasn't clear) to the call-point that had been a...

I'm curious how someone working in the construction industry could be able to resume normal duties within a few days with a hand full of stitches...?

Yeah, I'm solidly in the 'no' camp here. Your first step is to assess the risk, looking at the actual likelihood, rather than the amount of attention these events cause. Even allowing for London working, are your employees more likely to be hit by a bus or killed by a terrorist? Have you issued guid...

You've got to start somewhere. Otherwise you could argue that someone who has never done an FRA shouldn't be considered competent to do an FRA, and then we would be stuck. I started doing them in low-risk environments using a company-approved template with only a three-day CIEH course (or something ...

Without checking anything, I would assume that it's a case of "Where necessary..." (i.e. when the FRA says so). Regarding fuel drainage, I can't imagine that any mitigating method that dumped fuel into a public drainage system would be deemed acceptable, but considering the way that the site slopes,...

Seeing as I still don't agree with most people over the definition of a near miss, good luck!

Just for context, the only serious injury I've ever had was when my school forced me to play rugby. Less than a minute into the first game I went flying through the air and was rewarded with a nastily broken arm.

I'll take that ten hours of video games, thanks!

Yeah, as long as there was a cordoned-off area or a second person to stop the general public from walking into it, I'd say that that was safer than the average ladder setup.

Might be blocking a fire exit though...

Certainly that would be the ideal, but I don't think it falls into the 'reasonably practicable' realm, due to the awkward location and number of instances.

Ultimately, this is part of an FRA, and I don't think there's a significant risk to life (from fire) here.

Thanks Berni, I think I'll go with that!

Being checked as part of the 5-yearly FIT seems perfectly adequate to me.