Wood factory fire burns for almost two weeks

A fire which broke out at a wood factory in Cambridgeshire on the 16^th July has finally been extinguished, 2 weeks after it started.

It took crews more than ten days to extinguish the fire in Eaton Socon in Cambridgeshire.

One firefighter needed hospital treatment after suffering heat exhaustion.

Firefighters confirmed that the fire had been ‘concluded’ and that only a small amount of smouldering remains which will be left to burn safely under the management of the site’s owners.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that you:

‘must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed’

This means that all companies as a first point in their Fire Safety must complete a Fire Risk Assessment.  This must be carried out by a competent person, who is trained to perform risk assessments.  Your Fire Training needs, your fire extinguisher needs and any other fire safety related issues you will need to address will be highlighted from the Fire Risk Assessment.

Our team of experienced and qualified Fire Risk Assessors will perform a full Fire Risk Assessment of your premises, and provide you with a comprehensive document detailing the risks found and recommendations to minimise the risks.

Our Fire Risk Assessment is divided into nine separate areas:

• Fire safety administration
• Fire fighting facilities
• Identifying fire hazards
• Fire routine and test procedure
• Means of escape
• Review procedures
• Staff/people at risk
• Arson prevention check list
• Fire warning facilities

When you have a Fire Risk Assessment, you must review this to ensure that everything is still in order. For example, you have a reshuffle of departments and your trained Fire Wardens are all moved onto the same floor of the building so more are required to cover the other floors, or you may have an extension built on your building. You may not even have had any changes in personnel or building, but it is essential that you review the Fire Risk Assessment anyway! We provide a service to review your Fire Risk Assessments for you, whether completed by ourselves or not.