Hospital & Residential Care Homes Fire Safety

Fire Risk Assessment in Hospitals

Fire Risk Assessment in Care Homes

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Hospital fire safety and hospital fire precautions are covered by Firecode & Health Technical Memoranda known as HTM's

HTM 81 covers fire precautions in new hospitals built since 1978

HTM 85 covers fire precautions in existing hospitals

HTM 86 covers fire risk assessment in hospitals

Hospital fire safety is covered each year when the hospital Chief Executive signs a document to state either:-

• The hospital buildings are fire-safe or

• The hospital buildings are not fire-safe but they are engaged on hospital fire safety work

Many UK NHS Trusts have well qualified fire safety officers in each of their hospitals to carry out the day to day Fire Safety Training and when time permits Fire Risk Assessments under the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 as amended.

Many NHS Trusts rely on one Fire Safety Officer to deal with all their hospitals.

More and more NHS Trusts are buying in their Fire Safety Consultancy on an as required basis and sub-contracting the day to day hospital fire safety training for the whole year in order to release their in-house staff to carry out the hospital fire risk assessments.

All the above have merit and it goes without saying that Fire Service International Ltd has a vested interest in the latter or in assisting any Trust which needs to strengthen its team for a specific hospital fire safety purpose.

It may be that in-house staff are fully committed on training and have not got the time to carry out in depth Fire Risk Assessments or vice versa.

It may simply be that an outside or second opinion is required to support in-house recommendations to the Trust Board.

In any event Fire Service International Ltd will be pleased to assist.

Many of the good practices applicable in hospitals apply equally to nursing homes and residential care homes. Fire risk assessments and site specific staff fire training must be carried out. Fire Service International can provide tailor made solutions to all aspects of fire safety in nursing homes and residential care homes and can deliver on-site training to staff at times convenient to the organisation.

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