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Standards

Responsibility: The responsible person (Head of School or Service) retains overall responsibility.


Standard Roles
C1 - Governance
>> Ensure effective governance on fire safety issues
Deans

Heads of service groups
>> Allocate resources in terms of time and money for the heads of schools and services, safety supervisors and fire wardens to carry out their tasks

 

 
C2 - Health and safety management
Schools or services are responsible for fire safety management in their areas including:
 Deans

Directors

Heads of service groups, schools and services
>> Providing adequate time and resources to effectively manage fire safety in the school or service
>> Releasing staff to attend and provide fire safety training.
>> Appointing sufficient numbers of fire wardens to adequately cover all areas of responsibility and allocating adequate time for them to discharge their duties and monitor they are fulfilling their duties.
>> Ensuring all staff and postgraduates are aware of the fire safety standards
Note; responsibility cannot be devolved.
   
C3 - Employees, research staff and students
Should know what their evacuation procedures are and raise any specialist requirements. More about evacuation procedures. Fire warden

Staff

Students
More about fire safety for disabled people.
Should be aware of responsibility to look after own and others safety and not misuse any equipment provided for fire safety.
   
C4 - Procedures, information and training
Fire Wardens are to be trained in parts A, B and C (refresher 3 yearly) delivered by fire safety managers.
More about fire safety training. 		Fire safety managers
Staff and post graduates to receive induction training and regular refresher training in fire procedures.
More about fire safety training. 		Fire wardens
Students to receive recorded fire safety briefings. Head of school
Fire evacuation notices to be displayed in prominent locations. Fire wardens
6 weekly checks of existing fire precaution to be carried out. Fire warden’s fire precautions checklist Fire wardens
Annual fire evacuation drill to be organised and implemented. More about evacuation drills. Fire wardens
Where appropriate evacuation procedures to be designed to take account of persons with disabilities. More abour fire safety for disabled people.

Emergency egress questionnaire for disabled staff.
PEEP form.
 Fire wardens
   
C5 - Risk assessment
Departmental or operational fire warden fire risk assessment must be carried out for each school or service’s area of responsibility. Fire risk assessments to be reviewed.

Risk assessments – An overview
 Fire wardens
Building (electrical or structural) fire risk assessments.

Form for building fire risk assessment
 Fire safety managers
   
C6 - Exposure and health surveillance
Not applicable
   
C7 - Health and safety assistance, competent people and supervision
Fire wardens to be deemed competent by fire safety managers. Fire safety managers
   
C8 - Design, commissioning and installation
All building works to be authorised by estate services who will consult appropriately with fire safety managers. Deans

Head of school / service
   
C9 - Statutory inspection and examination
Emergency lighting, fire alarm systems and fire fighting equipment to be tested and maintained Estate services

Fire warden

Staff
Any faults found to be brought to the attention of estate services helpdesk or fire safety managers as appropriate. Fire warden routine inspections and reporting procedure.
Fire warden’s fire precautions checklist.
   
C10 - Provision of equipment and maintenance
General, programmed and emergency maintenance of fire detection, fire doors, alarms and fire-fighting equipment to be undertaken by estate services. Estate services
Any faults found in fire precautions or fire fighting equipment to be brought to the attention of estate services helpdesk or fire safety managers as appropriate. Fire warden routine inspections and reporting procedure.

Fire warden’s fire precautions checklist. 		Fire warden

Staff
   
C11 - Personal protective equipment
Not applicable.
   
C12 - Cooperation between employers
Where there is more than one school or service occupying a building, the occupier with the most space must take the lead role in coordination and cooperation in respect of fire safety matters. Who is the responsible person? - see the fire management flowchart. Head of school / service
   
C13 - Emergency planning, contingency plans and emergency actions
Where identified by the fire risk assessment, a written local emergency plan to be produced and communicated appropriately.
 Head of school / service
   
C14 - Environmental management and waste disposal
Not applicable
   
C15 - Security and safekeeping
Not applicable
   
C16 - Dangerous substances and COSHH
Where identified in the fire risk assessment, measures to be taken to eliminate or reduce the risk from dangerous substances. If this is not possible then appropriate controls to be be put in place and communicated to all staff.
Head of school / service
   
C17 - Reporting mechanism
All fires and fire alarm activations to be recorded on the University incident reporting system (Sentinel)
Heads of school / service

Security staff

Safety personel