Thank you for the interest and response to the issue regarding when to call the F&R; just to clarify my reasoning for sending 3 persons to check the fire zone; this is to ensure that there will always be 2 members of staff together (allowing 1 to report back to the senior at the panel). If there is a need to move a resident, undertake a task and/or make any decisions it is better and safer with 2 persons; I agree with Kurnal that Walkie Talkie's would enable 2 to respond.
A lot of care homes send 2 members of staff to check the fire alarm zone with 1 to report back, this would then leave 1 by themselves in a potential 'fire zone' -they would struggle if they needed to move a resident and I would suspect would find it very daunting. I would question if this is safe practice? (we would never send or leave a BA wearer in an incident alone)When staffing levels are down to 3 or less (usually late evening and at night) I recommend that the F&R are called immediately and 2 members go together to check the zone.
The Rosepark FAI is still ongoing; it will be interesting to see the findings and recommendations that are made following this lengthy inquiry; I suspect that quite a few of those involved will not come out of it smelling of roses?
This is my first question in the forum and hopefully not my last contribution.
