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Offline Leeo

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« on: January 31, 2008, 01:38:46 PM »
Is it law to have smoke detectors within a place of work?

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Chris Houston

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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2008, 01:46:43 PM »
Short answer: for most "normal" places of work, no.

What the law requires is for a fire safety risk assessment to be done, but it is quite acceptable to reach the conclusion that no automatic fire detection is needed.

If you are worried about something and tell us more about your place of work (i.e. is an a 2 storey modern office, or a 10 storey timber construction used as a fire works factory) then probably more people will have more to say.
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Offline nearlythere

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2008, 01:59:42 PM »
To re-enforce Chris's comments it is a legal requirement to have smoke detectors in the place of work when a cowboy Fire Alarm salesman say so. At any other time it usually isn't.

It is cheaper to use a reputable Risk Assessor to get valuable advice.
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