Fire safety and emergency procedures

You must take emergency and fire safety measures to protect the welfare of your staffAnybody who works for a business, whether as an employee, casual worker, apprentice, agency worker or freelancer. and any other people who might be in or around your business premises. If you fail to do so, you could be imprisoned or fined even if no one is actually harmed. This section will help you to put proper safety measures in place, including doing mandatory fire safety risk assessmentsThe process of looking at what hazards may be present when doing a certain activity, or in a certain area, and the steps which can be taken to eliminate or reduce those dangers., setting up proper emergency evacuation and fire safety procedures, appointing fire marshalsStaff who are given a specific role to perform during an emergency evacuation of the premises. Usually this will involve: conducting fire drills; during a fire evacuation, checking everyone has left the area of the building for which they are responsible; and conducting regular assessments of the adequacy of the fire fighting equipment and procedures in place in the premises. and carrying out fire drills.