| So you have just been appointed as the new fire | | | | phone numbers, a map of your escape route and |
| marshal in your office. You are done with the | | | | safety tips. |
| training and you are now ready to carry out your | | | | Just be careful not to crowd this piece of paper |
| primary duty which is increasing fire safety | | | | with too much as your co - employees may lose |
| awareness in the workplace. | | | | interest in them. |
| As you work on your plan, you slowly realize that | | | | 3. Meet them in small groups regularly. Note that |
| your task is not as simple as it seems. There are | | | | regularly does not mean frequently because the |
| so many facts, and knowledge that you want and | | | | last thing you would want is to have your |
| should share to your co - employees. The | | | | meetings disrupt operations. At a minimum you |
| question now is, how are you supposed to do | | | | can conduct your meetings at least once every |
| that? | | | | two weeks or once a month. |
| To help you out with your small dilemma, here | | | | You can utilize these meetings to further your co |
| are some tips that you can use to promote | | | | - employee's knowledge about fire, your office's |
| awareness at work. | | | | fire fighting equipment and orient them to the |
| 1. Remember, the first step to awareness is self - | | | | meaning of the health and safety signs that are |
| realization. They need to understand how serious | | | | scattered around the building. This is important |
| a fire is and what damage it can do not only to | | | | because the money your office spent on those |
| properties but to their lives as well. You can | | | | signs and equipment will mean nothing if your |
| facilitate this realization by showing them pictures | | | | office mates do not know what they mean or if |
| of homes and buildings that were ravaged by fire, | | | | they do not know how to use them. |
| and perhaps pictures of real people who have lost | | | | 4. Organize fire drills. Through them you will know |
| their lives in a blaze. | | | | if your officemates absorbed some of the facts |
| Those images, coupled with some strong words | | | | and information you have given them. Drills are |
| will definitely open their eyes to the dangers of | | | | also a good way to have your co - workers |
| fire. | | | | experience a feel of the real thing. This ensures |
| 2. Now that you have their attention, you will be | | | | that when a real fire really does happen, |
| sure that they will be more receptive to the | | | | everyone knows exactly what to do. |
| information that you feed them. The key is to | | | | Those are four tips that will help you a lot as a |
| give them the facts bits by bits. You can start by | | | | fire marshal in your company. Yes, at this point it |
| giving them small laminated cheat sheets that | | | | may seem to be too much of a work but in the |
| they can post on their cubicles. Those cheat | | | | end, everything will all be worth it. |
| sheets should include the basics like, emergency | | | | |