Fire safety policy
The fire safety policy of an organisation should be structured
along the same lines as the general health and
safety policy, i.e. it should have a statement of commitment,
roles and responsibilities of persons charged with
implementing the policy and detail arrangements.
The arrangements detailed below will invariably be
included in any fire arrangements section; however, in
order to fully appreciate whether all areas are covered the
completion of a fire safety review or fire risk assessment
will help to identify any shortcomings in the arrangements section, e.g. if contractors are seen conducting hot
work operations without a hot work permit this will
identify either that no such arrangement exists or that the
arrangements are inadequate.
Specific elements that may be included in the
fire safety arrangements section therefore may be as
indicated in Table 2.1.