What employees should do to reduce fire risk

While fire safety is often left to the professionals, certainly in the event of an emergency situation, there are things that all workers should know and do in order to ensure that their working environment is a safe place to carry out their daily tasks.

The day to day risks could be something like not leaving the bins too close to the building where arson attacks often take place. If the bin is full of combustible materials then it won’t take much to set it on fire. And then the fire could easily spread further.

Everybody can help to make the office safer, by ensuring that escape routes are not blocked off and fire fighting equipment like extinguishers are not being used as door stops or hidden under business materials or stuffed in a cupboard somewhere.

It is important to make sure that wires are not left exposed and that any ineffective electrical equipment is reported to the technical staff who can deal with anything that could start a fire in the building.

There are many more things that can be done, although it is imperative that certain members of staff are sent on fire training courses to be able to effectively carry out the role as fire warden for the organisation.