Fire Risk Assessment
Event organisers along with any building owners must carry out a fire safety risk assessment and keep it up to date.
Fire Risk Assessment shares the same approach as health and safety risk assessments and can be carried out either as part of an overall risk assessment or as a separate exercise.
Based on the findings of the assessment, event organisers need to ensure that adequate and appropriate fire safety measures are in place to minimise the risk of injury or loss of life in the event of a fire.
This includes temporary structures, tents, yurts, marquees, stages.
General Fire Safety Hazards
Fires need three things to start
- Source of ignition (heat)
- Source of fuel (something that burns) and
- Oxygen
Sources of ignition include:
- heaters, lighting, naked flames, electrical equipment, smokers’ materials (cigarettes, matches etc), and anything else that can get very hot or cause sparks
Sources of fuel include:
- wood, paper, plastic, rubber or foam, loose packaging materials, waste rubbish and furniture
Sources of oxygen include:
- The air around us
The Law
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 covers general fire safety in England and Wales.
In Scotland, requirements on general fire safety are covered in Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
For the majority of events, local fire and rescue authorities are responsible for enforcing this fire safety legislation. The Health and Safety Executive has enforcement responsibility on construction sites, for nuclear premises, and on ships under construction or undergoing repair.
Source: HSE
Last Updated on May 27, 2021 by Admin1