What are Fire Safety Arrangements?
To give an example of a fire safety arrangement let’s take a nightclub. The manager would be required to check that all the fire exits are unlocked and not obstructed before opening. As the premises has a drinks license the procedure is required to be recorded, this could be in a company policy and procedures document.
Fire Safety Arrangements
Article 11
(1)
The responsible person must make and give effect to such arrangements as are appropriate, having regard to the size of his undertaking and the nature of its activities, for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the preventive and protective measures
(2)
The responsible person must record the arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) where -
(a) he employs five or more employees;
(b) a licence under an enactment is in force in relation to the premises; or
(c) an alterations notice requiring a record to be made of those arrangements is in force in relation to the premises.
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