Three
London Shop Fires in November – All Shops should have a Fire Safety Management
Plan are you actioning on yours?
London
Fire Brigade has reported 3 Shop Fires in the first part of
November.
A Shoe
Repair Shop in Teddington was damaged by Fire and Five people were evacuated
from adjacent flats as a precaution. The cause of Fire is believed to have
started in a machine used to fix shoe soles.
A Fire
in a shop in St John’s Wood resulted in the ground floor being damaged.
And Finally a Shop in Islington had its ground floor gutted by a
blaze. Part of the First floor and some of the external fascia was also damaged
by the Fire. This Fire is believed to have been caused by a discarded
cigarette!
To read more on these incidents click here.
London
Fire Risk Assessments advice to Shop Owners:
All London Shop’s should have a current Fire
Safety Risk Assessment for their premise. Part of the Fire Safety Risk
Assessment is a Fire Safety Management Plan – Significant Findings. This
document identifies all the Fire Safety deficiencies within the premise and
outlines the Actions that are required to rectify them. For more information click
here.
As part of the Fire Risk Assessment process a Fire Safety Inspection
should be carried out at your London based Shop this should be conducted by a
competent Fire Risk Assessor.
LFRA TIP! - always
check the Assessors accreditations to ensure you are getting a qualified
Assessor.
Checking that Shop machinery has been maintained and tested regularly, to
meet the British Standards, is part of the Fire Safety Inspection process. Also
it will be noted if a ‘No Smoking’ Sign is displayed at the premise – just
these two examples may have helped prevent the Fires in the above mentioned
premises!
If you have any Fire Safety questions we have
a friendly team who will be happy to help – call now on 01689 890879 or click here to
arrange a call back.
