Do you know the origin of the term Muzak, that describes piped music?
Muzak is a trade name for the Muzak Corporation, who began supplying its patented system of background music for workplaces in the 1920s. Soon after the first elevators were introduced, building owners found that many people became nervous, so soothing music was played in the elevators to ease passengers’ fears. In multi-occupancy buildings, who should conduct the fire risk assessment? Any premises with five or more employees must conduct and record a fire risk assessment. The landlord-owner/managing agent of multi-occupancy buildings is responsible for the areas which affect the life-safety and property-protection systems. These include the fire alarms; detection systems; emergency lighting; fire extinguishers; sprinklers; risers; fire dampers; staircase pressurisation; signage; means of escape; and maintaining service records. The occupier of any leased space in a multi-occupancy property who employs more than five people will be responsible for carrying out a fire risk assessment. T
