Risk Assessments
In
the
OHS Act, Section 8, Duties of Employers to their Employees,
requires the employer to provide and maintain a working
environment that is safe and without risk to the health of employees
(and to the visiting public). A real risk to most businesses
is a fire risk to the employees (and visiting public), so a fire
risk assessment needs to be done as part of the OHS Act Section 8
compliance.Fire Precautions and
Means of Egress Requirements.
This
relates to the nature, number and size of fire escape routes and doors.
This also relates to the employer providing an adequate supply and
suitable fire fighting equipment and shall be maintained in a good
working order.
If we are appointed to undertake
regular fire inspections, then you as our client will meet and exceed
the minimum requirements anticipated by the National Building
Regulations, which could have far reaching implications in terms of
negligence and the Reasonable Man test if a fire were to occur with
loss of life.
Once the site inspections
have been completed, a comprehensive report will be completed
containing the status of all fire safety equipment. From the status
report, a summary containing the faults and recommendations will be
compiled and categorised into three levels of severity as follows:
