Service Description: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Fire Safety Enforcement Officers, deal with all aspects of fire safety on business premises. If you are an employer, you should make sure you and your staff know what to do to prevent a fire in the workplace and how to escape if a fire does break out. If you're concerned about a fire risk which may be a danger to life (for instance a company or organisation disregarding safety practices) you should contact the Fire Safety Enforcement Team.
Also known as:- Arson Reduction, Fire Awareness, Fire Legislation, Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Safety, Fire Safety Order
Answer: Aside from the information provided on this website, we strongly recommend that you obtain a copy of the relevant guidance document for your premises as listed below. The documents set out the requirements of the Fire Safety Order in a simple, non prescriptive, user-friendly style and offer advice about whether the responsible person needs to do anything more than they are already doing in order to comply. List of guidance publications: Fire safety in offices and shops ISBN-13: 978 85112 815 0 All offices and retail premises Fire safety in factories and warehouses ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 816 7 All factories and warehouse storage premises Fire safety in premises providing sleeping accommodation ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 817 4 All places where sleeping accommodation is provided, except hospitals, care homes, places of custody and single private dwellings Fire safety in residentail care premises ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 818 1 Suitable for all residential and nursing homes, out-posted nursing care in single private dwellings and home-based childminders Fire safety in educational premises ISBN-13: 978 1 85112b 819 8 Teaching establishments ranging from creches through to universities Fire safety in small and medium places of assembly ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 820 4 Public houses, clubs, restaurants and cafes, village halls, community centres and libraries accommodating up to 300 people Fire safety in large places of assembly ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 821 1 Suitable for premises where more than 300 people gather, for example, shopping centres, large nightclubs, exhibitions and conference centres, sports stadia, churches, cathedrals, museums and libraries Fire safety in theatres and cinemas and similar premises ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 822 8 Suitable for all theatres and cinemas Fire safety at open air events and venues ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 823 5 Suitable for all open air events, for example theme parks, zoos, music concerts, sporting events, fairgrounds and county fairs Fire safety in healthcare premises ISBN-13: 978 1 85112 824 2 All healthcare premises Fire safety in the transport premises and facilities ISBN-13: 978 85112 825 9 Suitable for all transportation terminals and interchanges, tunnels and subsurface railways The guides are available from: Fire Safety Guides, PO Box 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB, Tel: 0870 830 7099. Please quote the ISBN when ordering. Guides can also be downloaded free of charge from the fire safety law section of the DCLG website.