Services Provided

Fire Risk Assessments

SRT Consultants Ltd provides Fire Risk Assessments carried out by using the methodology contained within PAS 79. The completed document covers all that is required from the ‘Dutyholder’ and the ‘Responsible Person’ for compliance with the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The document also identifies the measures necessary as a result of the assessment outcome and includes a detailed action plan showing how to implement the measures using risk reduction principles.

Fire Risk Audits

An audit of the premises is carried out to ensure that Fire Risk Assessments are still valid and that no significant changes affecting compliance have occurred.

Fire Safety Policies

There should be a clearly defined and documented Fire Safety Policy for the protection of all persons using the premises, including staff and visitors, and this should include the arrangements for planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the fire safety measures.

Emergency Fire Action Plans

It is a management responsibility to have in place both an Emergency Fire Action Plan and suitable arrangements to implement the plan. The evacuation of all persons, including disabled persons, is a management responsibility which cannot be delegated to the Fire and Rescue Service. A written Emergency Fire Action Plan should be kept on the premises and should set out the action that staff and other people in the premises should take in the event of a fire, and form the basis of the training and instruction which is provided.
Fire Safety Training, Information and Fire Drills

All staff (including volunteers, temporary and agency staff) should be given information, training and instruction on the fire safety measures to be taken or observed on the premises, including the action to be taken in case of fire. The specific fire safety training needs of any young persons employed should be considered. Training of each member of staff should take place as soon as possible after they are appointed and regularly, at predetermined intervals after that, to ensure that they remain familiar with procedures.

Information should be given to staff whenever there is a change in the risk from fire, where changes have been made to the Emergency Fire Action Plan or other fire safety measures, or where working practices or people’s responsibilities have changed.

Staff who have a supervisory role should be given details of the findings of the Fire Risk Assessment and receive additional training which will enable them to discharge their specific responsibility.

Fire drills should be carried out to check that all staff understand the Emergency Fire Action Plan (including all relevant personal emergency egress plans), to ensure that staff are familiar with its operation, to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan and to identify any weaknesses in the evacuation strategy. The frequency and type of fire evacuation drill for each premise will be different and should reflect both the type of premises and level of risk.

SRT Consultants can provide the following Fire Safety Training:

• Fire Safety Awareness Course
• Fire Safety Refresher Course
• Fire Extinguisher Training
• Fire Evacuation Drill Audits
• Fire Warden/ Marshal Course
• Fire Safety Management Course

Courses are designed and tailored to your specific needs, relevant to your premises and carried out on site.

Fire Safety Consultancy

General or specific consultancy on issues relating to Fire Safety can also be provided on an hourly or daily basis.