What are the contents of Fire Risk Assessment?
The Responsible Person or his/her designated Competent Person must: Identify the hazards Hazards include: • Anything that can start a fire, such as naked flames, heaters or commercial processes such as cookers or hot-air dryers • Anything that can burn in a fire, including piles of waste, display materials, textiles or other flammable products • Oxygen sources such as air conditioning, medical products or commercial oxygen supplies which might intensify a fire Identify people at risk These include: • People who work close to or with fire hazards • People who work alone, or in isolated areas such as storerooms • Children or parents with babies • Elderly people • Disabled people Evaluate, remove or reduce the risk You should: • Where possible, remove the fire hazards you identified e.g. remove build-ups of waste – and reduce any hazards you can’t remove entirely • Replace highly flammable materials with less flammable ones • Keep anything that can start a fire away from flammable materia
