A fire
in a residential care home, hackney london flags up the importance of a fire safety emergency plan for vulnerable persons.
A fire broke out at a residential care home of three floors on Victoria Park
Road, Hackney. Half of a room on the second floor was damaged by Fire. Twenty
one people were evacuated from premises by Staff before the arrival of the
Brigade.
It
is imperative that premises that provide accommodation for vulnerable persons
such as Residential Care
Homes, Nursing Homes and Sheltered Accommodation have a Fire Safety Emergency Plan in place. The Staff should be fully trained on the Plan so as to
act quickly and effectively if and when a Fire breaks out.
The
Fire
Safety Emergency Plan should be part of the Fire Safety Risk Assessment for
the premise along with a Fire
Safety Management Plan – Significant Findings and a Fire
Safety Policy.
The
Fire Safety Risk Assessment must be kept up to date and reviewed and revised
when necessary. If you don’t have a Fire Safety Risk Assessment then you should
appoint a third party competent person
to carry out an inspection for you.
When
you carry out a general internet search many London Fire Safety Services come
up offering all kinds of deals – but STOP!
Before you appoint the ‘best deal’ make sure they are qualified to do the job
because if they are not it may affect your insurance for your premise.
One
of the most reliable sources to find a ‘Qualified’ Fire Risk Assessor is the Institution of Fire Engineers. They have a
Register of ‘Approved’ Fire Risk
Assessor who have proved competency in Fire Safety and are qualified to
carry out Inspection/Audits.
London Fire Risk Assessments are not only ‘members’ of
the Institution of Fire Engineers they are on the ‘Approved’ Fire Risk
Assessors Register so you can be sure you are in safe hands. They are not
affiliated to any Fire Protection Equipment Supplier so you can be confident
that what they say you require to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire
Safety) Order 2005 you do actually need it!
LFRA
also offer a ‘Dual’
Fire, Health & Safety Risk Assessment package – so it could be your one
stop shop for Risk Assessments – call now on 01689 890879.
