| The world of business today is abounding with | | | | better procedures and management of dangerous |
| health and safety regulations and procedures. As | | | | items. Finally fuel should be controlled if fires are |
| such it is now the case that business owners and | | | | not to be a problem, in this sense fuel is anything |
| managers have a responsibility to ensure their | | | | that can feed a blaze, it can be controlled by |
| staff members have had suitable fire safety | | | | having procedures ensuring particularly flammable |
| training to recognise the chances of fire as well as | | | | materials are controlled and stored safely. All of |
| how to react to the outbreak of a blaze. This is | | | | this is attainable with effective training. |
| important for a number of reasons; not least the | | | | Training not only gives staff members the |
| legal implications of not highlighting fire safety | | | | knowledge of how a blaze can occur, it can also |
| issues to staff members. The following article | | | | provide vital information on how to cope with the |
| hopes to highlight the importance of safety | | | | effects of an inferno. In most cases it will help |
| training in the world of work and business. | | | | managers and staff to put together a plan of |
| It is a very sad and real fact that workers still die | | | | action that ensures that everyone is evacuated |
| in fires all over the country each year. In some | | | | safely while the blaze is controlled to limit its |
| cases these deaths are a result of inefficient or | | | | spread. It is also essential to utilise refresher |
| nonexistent training. As a manager or business | | | | courses so that workers are constantly aware of |
| owner, an inherent responsibility to ensure the | | | | the risks and do not forget the importance of |
| safety of workers is evident; this responsibility is | | | | safety procedures. |
| legally defined but in many cases it is a surety | | | | Naturally fighting fires should preferably be left to |
| that the death of a staff member would heavily | | | | the professionals. Extinguisher training courses |
| impact a manager's life and conscience. The | | | | however can give workers the knowledge of how |
| human loss from fire however is not the only | | | | tot tackle a blaze before it gets out of hand. This |
| reason to follow a training procedure; with fires | | | | could be a bin fire or a minor blaze in the kitchen. |
| costing the economy billions of pounds annually it | | | | With this kind of knowledge a potential inferno can |
| also makes good financial sense to train staff. A | | | | be nipped in the bud so to speak, meaning that |
| recent estimate placed the figure of business who | | | | the business is saved thousands on repair costs |
| fail to recover from fire at around eighty percent, | | | | and loss of stock. |
| this occurs through loss of stock, premises and | | | | It is hoped that this information has given |
| trade; understandably the costs of training are | | | | business owners and managers an idea of the |
| preferable to losing the entire business. | | | | importance of fire safety training. It does not just |
| Fire occurs at the confluence of three major | | | | make legal and financial sense to instruct staff |
| factors, these are ignition, fuel and oxygen. In | | | | members effectively, there is also a strong moral |
| most cases the third element is practically | | | | obligation to ensure the safety of colleagues. One |
| impossible to control, although the use of fire | | | | consideration is vital, is it really worth the loss of a |
| doors can help to restrict spreading. More | | | | life and a business for the sake of the cost of a |
| important is to understand how the instances of | | | | training course? |
| ignition can be reduced; this can be done through | | | | |