Auto Fire Safety

A risk assessment is a controlled look at what, in your work activities and workplace, can cause harm to people. Before you begin your risk assessment, verify whether any of the fire safety arrangements in your workplace have previously been approved under other fire safety, licensing or building legislation. Your risk assessment may discover additional matters that need to be dealt with if the previous approval was given according to an outdated standard of fire precautions, or the approval was under legislation that does not cover all the requirements of the Fire Regulations.

Fire hazards may include improper installation of fire prevention devices and worn, overloaded, or improperly installed electrical wiring. It’s best to use a certified electrician to examine and put in order your current electrical service. Check outlets and eliminate overloading of plugs in receptacles. If you don’t have enough outlets, have the electrician add them instead of using adaptors, spider plugs and extension cords. All outlets should be properly grounded.

You should know that the threat from fire hazards at the workplace is very real. A little planning and effort can help minimise your workers’ risk. Here are some suggestions to deal with fire hazards before they become actual fires:

Develop and practise a fire escape plan
Install, test and maintain smoke detectors and fire extinguishers
Know the [...]

Your fire extinguishers are among the most important pieces of safety equipment in your workplace. What are the components of a fire and how do fire extinguishers help put fires out?

Fire exits should be strategically located, with an outward opening door that has a crash bar and outward leading signs on it. Knowing where to find the emergency exits in a building that you frequent can save your life. Inward opening, rotating and sliding doors are unacceptable for use as fire exits, as they might need to be fixed open using a latch or chain if the door is needed as an exit route.

Photoluminescent exit signs, a new technology, have altered the way people think about escape and safety products. What are photoluminescent signs? Such signs generally use several chemically treated layers concurrently to generate continuous light that will last for years at a time. The benefits of such an approach are diverse; the biggest is probably the financial savings.

Everyone knows that the law mandates emergency lighting equipment. However, too many times we overlook the importance of maintaining emergency lighting equipment that will lessen the possibility of panic or injury during a power outage or other emergency.