FIRE & ELECTRICAL SAFETY
“It’s extremely
disconcerting to see so many businesses putting themselves at
unnecessary risk through an inherently relaxed attitude towards fire safety.”
IDENTIFY, ADDRESS AND MAINTAIN
Your business premises are one of your most valuable assets, without which, it can be almost impossible to function. Not only do they form the base from which you operate, but they also house vital data, equipment, stock and more importantly, your greatest asset, your staff. As a business owner, you have a legal responsibility to ensure that your premises and its inhabitants are kept safe and properly protected at all times.
With this in mind, it is surprising that all too often, very little thought is given to fire prevention and protection. A fire has the potential to devastate your premises, ruin your business and cause serious injury, or even death to anyone present at the time. A small fire undetected, can very quickly become a major fire.
However, by implementing the correct range of fire protection measures, together with the appropriate emergency planning procedures, these risks can be minimised. Therefore, it is worrying to learn that a third of all buildings audited by regional fire crews across England in 2019 were deemed to fall below current fire safety regulations on a number of levels. Government statistics show that over 70% of businesses involved in a major fire either do not reopen, or subsequently fail within three years of a fire.
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Paul Grist, UK Director - at Trigion Security Services, explains why a robust fire prevention strategy is vital for business owners.
Despite high profile fire prevention marketing campaigns, and an increase in the range and quality of cost-effective fire protection systems available, it’s extremely disconcerting to see so many businesses putting themselves at unnecessary risk through an inherently relaxed attitude towards fire safety. This usually stems from a lack of basic knowledge relating to fire safety and the law. Implementing the appropriate fire safety measures to protect your premises and the people that use them, isn’t an option, it’s a legal requirement.
As part of my role at Trigion, I frequently visit shops, offices, industrial premises, restaurants and hotels all over the country and, one of the first things I invariably end up looking at, is the security and fire alarm control panels. I would estimate that as many as 20% of these premises have equipment indicating a fault condition of one sort on their fire alarm panels. At the very least, this points to a poor maintenance regime, but it may also be indicative of basic system design flaws, giving rise to failures within the system, which are also likely to lead to an increase in false alarms – an often-costly occurrence.
When it comes to a robust fire safety strategy, a holistic approach must be adopted, taking into account a
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