| The 21st century is slowly turning into a century | | | | how to tackle it. To cite an example, if heat, fuel |
| of competition, of 'dog eat dog' philosophy, and of | | | | and oxygen combine, it may result into a fire. Fuel |
| intense pressure to excel. In this age, can you | | | | can literally include anything including papers, |
| afford to think morally about fire safety? The | | | | computers etc. Each and every employee will be |
| answer is a clearly in the affirmative. No only it is | | | | careful and vigilant in not letting these ingredients |
| your responsibility but your duty to protect the | | | | mix. |
| lives of fellow employees. There are laws laid | | | | It is true that no matter how many precautions |
| down by government which makes any injuries or | | | | we take, accidents occur and people die. However |
| deaths in the workplace liable to be paid by the | | | | it has been proved that the number of deaths |
| owners of the business. Thus by helping | | | | and accidents has reduced in the companies that |
| employees, you are fulfilling a legal and a moral | | | | follow the practices, as compared to the ones |
| responsibility. This is the very reason why it is | | | | that don't. The amount of loss for the company is |
| your duty to instruct all the staff on the fire | | | | enormous in case a fire breaks out. A modern |
| safety methods. | | | | business thus cannot be run, if its employees do |
| It is always better and safer to adopt a safety | | | | not know what safety training with regards to |
| parameter and then teach your employees to | | | | fire, is. If it is absolutely necessary to store the |
| follow the parameter. The intention behind fire | | | | fuel in the company premises, then it should be in |
| safety training is not only to protect the lives of | | | | a place where it is unlikely to cause any harm. |
| the employees but also to act in a systematic | | | | A fire warden is employed by most companies to |
| way in case a fire breaks out. There are many | | | | take care of the issue of the spread of fire. It is |
| advantages of fire safety training. First and | | | | sometimes the responsibility of the fire warden to |
| foremost there will be many lives that will be | | | | teach the employees about safety training. All |
| saved due to this practice. Secondly the | | | | gathering points and escape routes should be kept |
| employees may even be able to help fire men to | | | | open and employees should know about them. |
| douse the fire quicker. This will ensure that lesser | | | | The fire warden should be effective enough to |
| losses to the company. By imparting safety | | | | command the employees in case of an |
| training to the employees, they learn how to take | | | | emergency. |
| precautions never to let fire strike and if it does | | | | |