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by witsd
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Changing the use of a fire door
Replies: 8
Views: 541

Re: Changing the use of a fire door

In my few years of doing FRAs, I've encountered the 'break glass for key' phenomenon a grand total of twice, once in a small factory and once in an office.In both cases there were few people, all were of sound mind and body and there were multiple other escape routes. Even so, they were told to get ...
by witsd
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shipping container storage company
Replies: 2
Views: 160

Re: Shipping container storage company

Under five employees, so no need for (almost) anything to be written down. No need to display the HSE poster either (though you should print off the HSE leaflet and hand it to your wife! :D ) However this doesn't mean that you don't have to do the relevant risk assessments, but in your position, a s...
by witsd
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:54 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Housing Trust
Replies: 7
Views: 262

Re: Housing Trust

Hi, I may have waffled on a little bit! So These 5 bungalows are 1 bedroom and the residents rent these the the trust. so there is no need for a risk assessment? Would it be checking 5-year hardwired checks, fire detection? What about fire procedure or assembly point? I understand about the standar...
by witsd
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Housing Trust
Replies: 7
Views: 262

Re: Housing Trust

We did get a guy evicted for cooking his dinner and leaving the house to go shopping on more than one occasion. His food was burnt on several occasions and required two visits from the fire department. In the second visit they were just about to break down his door when he strolled in with two tesc...
by witsd
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Fire Safety Compliance Audit
Replies: 8
Views: 763

Re: Fire Safety Compliance Audit

Hi one other thing going forward, new legislation also includes the requirement for fire risk assessors to list their qualifications within the fire risk assessment - section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 which came into force on 1st October 2023. So any assessment is required to include this...
by witsd
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Housing Trust
Replies: 7
Views: 262

Re: Housing Trust

Yeah, I'm very confused by a lot of this. Kitchens should have heat detectors, and these ought to be interlinked with smoke detectors in the hallway and the living room . Not the bedroom unless you want to upgrade the house to an LD1 system (detection in every area over 1 square meter except the bat...
by witsd
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Road traffic accident - company van and two staff - lost time recorded where?
Replies: 7
Views: 402

Re: Road traffic accident - company van and two staff - lost time recorded where?

Yeah, there's always been a bit of a UK / rest of EU divide on this one. Most EU countries would say it's work, but AFAIK we would not.
by witsd
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Canteen
Topic: Hand-written 'fire safety signage'
Replies: 3
Views: 155

Hand-written 'fire safety signage'

The level of frustration the author was clearly feeling just made me smile mid-way around a fire risk assessment, so I thought I'd share:

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by witsd
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:28 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: introduction
Replies: 9
Views: 4484

Re: introduction

The devil wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:55 pmMy role in life is to torture health and safety officers who dare to cross my path.
Anything that keeps us on our toes is always welcome :D
by witsd
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Roof void sub-division
Replies: 2
Views: 145

Re: Roof void sub-division

Thinking of normal residential arrangements, there would usually be a minimum of 60 minutes protection between houses, be that connecting walls or two 30 minute rated flat doors opening into the same lobby. In this case, if your ceilings are at least 30 minutes, then any fire would need to breach th...
by witsd
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Fire Safety Compliance Audit
Replies: 8
Views: 763

Re: Fire Safety Compliance Audit

Any dry / wet risers? Heard of dry and wet risers but don't really know what they are ? Effectively they are a set of pipes intended to extend the reach of firefighters hoses over a tall or large area. Most commonly you see them in tower blocks. FRS plug a hose into the inlet at the bottom, and ano...
by witsd
Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Fire and Emergencies
Topic: Elide fire extinguishing ball - thoughts?
Replies: 4
Views: 578

Re: Elide fire extinguishing ball - thoughts?

I have no knowledge of this product whatsoever but I have seen similar claims of BSI 'certification' for another innovative (fire extinguisher)product, only to dig deeper and find the BS involved related to the manufacture of the cylinder rather than as a complete extinguisher Yes, I've seen simila...

 

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