A Fire Accident Took Place in a Residential Care Home in Hackney London

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.