Thursday 14 December 2017

Stay safe at work with basic fire training

With the chill in the air, the heaters are and radiators are working overtime. While the residential buildings are often decked with the appropriate fire suppression gear by the fire alarm monitoring service, same cannot be said about the commercial building. It is very important that the commercial building occupants should have knowledge about the basic fire training.


According to a recent survey, it is believed that about half of the employees do not have the basic workplace fire training. More than the third of employees do not know what to do in event of an emergency. With such statistics, it is difficult for the employees to save themselves in the event of an emergency. Do you know that the employers are legally bound to provide their staff with appropriate fire training?

It is not necessary that you need to hire fire alarm monitoring service to train your employees. Training the staff regarding the fire can be as simple as putting up exit and emergency lights, regular drills and showing them the fire action notice board. Make sure you add notices all around the building to make sure each and every occupant of the building knows about them.

Make sure that the employees and the occupants of the building have the required knowledge about:

 
1. Fire safety measures of the building
2. Measures to take in the event of fire
3. Actions to take after hearing the fire signal/alarm
4. Location and the use of the extinguishers
5. Summoning the fire, rescue and other emergency services
6. The people who are authorized to assist with the evacuation
7. The measures taken to safely evacuate all the employees including the disabled people, children, and part-time employees

Regular fire drills help to inculcate the fire evacuation procedure in every person’s mind. Remember -- practice makes perfect. The fire drills should be at least done twice a year. Along with this regular inspection of all the fire suppression system is a necessity. Do not think that if once the system is installed, it does not need to be checked. The system needs to be winter-proofed to make sure it stays working.

If you still believe that your staff needs professional training about the fire safety and the measures need to be taken, contact Fire Serv. They are the renowned fire alarm monitoring service that can help you train your employees and keep the fire suppression system in pristine health.

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