| When you sit down at the start of the year and | | | | of my own company's fire team that I realised |
| plan out all the courses that you are going to | | | | how many aspects there was to the whole |
| schedule for the year ahead I implore you to take | | | | procedure. After taking part in a fire safety |
| a second and third look at the courses and | | | | course, I felt much more informed. |
| consider booking a fire safety course. Other | | | | One aspect that we had to consider was making |
| management or development courses can be paid | | | | sure the building was clear and that we were not |
| for out of other budgets, when it comes to the | | | | leaving any members of staff behind, this included |
| company budget make sure that you only book | | | | people who might have problems with stairs for |
| courses that will actually benefit the company and | | | | instance if they were in a wheelchair and maybe |
| its staff members. | | | | if someone had been knocked unconscious. The |
| The first thing that anyone mentions when you | | | | fire safety course taught us to arrange teams, |
| say you have had a car crash is 'how are you?' | | | | when the fire alarm sounded it was the job of an |
| this is usually followed by the comment that cars | | | | appointed individual to check the surrounding |
| can be fixed and repaired but people can't. The | | | | region for people in trouble. |
| same thing applies to office safety. Although it is | | | | Another thing that the fire safety course taught |
| important that you continue to develop as | | | | us was that if there were any secure areas of |
| professionals within your profession it is important | | | | the building for instance the IT server room, |
| that you don't overlook the important and | | | | where an individual could be working on their own, |
| fundamental aspects that a fire safety course can | | | | an allocated member of the fire team would have |
| bring to your office. | | | | to search the area before leaving. |
| We all assume that we know what to do in a fire | | | | I won't go into the full details of the course as |
| emergency. However, this is the illusion that we all | | | | there is no way I can do it justice in this short |
| live under and is exactly the same attitude that | | | | article. However I would definitely recommend |
| we take towards safe lifting of equipment. It | | | | booking a fire safety course in 2010. You might |
| wasn't until I became appointed on to the board | | | | learn more than you initially think. |