Fire Escapes

[kurnal]

There are numerous issues to address but if you treat it as a workplace and follow general workplace legislation and Approved Codes of Practice you wont go far wrong.
Dont overlook biological hazards and the risk of slipping in the water.

You probably need a structural engineer to look at that escape staircase, based on it being loaded to full capacity, strength of the original design and possible degradation due to corrosion.

Thats the trouble with tick box risk assessments. They ask simple questions without giving an indication of an appropriate standard or benchmark and the inexperenced are not likely to know what is an acceptable and reasonable goal to aim for.

[nearlythere]

Remember you are carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment, not a H&S one.

[John Webb]

Right, everyone, here is an update on the 'Churches Main Committee' (CMC) document on fire risk assessments for church buildings.
The CMC are rebranding as 'The Churches' Legislative Advisory Service' (CLAS), and their revised website is only partially completed. As a result the FRA document is not currently available to download via the internet. Paper copies are available on request - ring 020 7222 1265 or by contact through the website 'Contact us' form. They will then be happy to provide a paper copy on request. Besides the 'cmainc' website address, they now also have www.churcheslegislation.org.uk which takes you to the same website and which will eventually supercede the cmainc address.

If anyone is desperate for an electronic copy, please contact me via the Forum E-Mail, but it is a lengthy document and I'm only on dial-up. And I cannot find it on my machine at the moment!

[Mar62]

A for the fire escape. It seems as though the recommendations from the trade are for a metal escape staircase to be inspected by a 'competent person' between every 3 - 5 years. Here is the link to a company we sub-contracted some work to a little while ago, on behalf of a client.

http://www.fireescape.co.uk/index.php