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Every year the fire brigade is called out to tens of thousands of fires at work. People die and thousands of workers are injured because a fire risk assessment has not been performed.

MacDonald Martin will supply fire risk assessment services to make sure that businesses comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO). They have over 40 professionally qualified fire safety consultants within either the Institution of Fire Engineers or the Institute of Fire Prevention Officers qualifications.

If a business does not have an adequate fire risk assessment it runs the risk of not just a tragedy at work but also legal action. The order requires the responsible person (such as the employer) to carry out a fire risk assessment and employ competent people to manage fire risk.

MacDonald Martin can provide solutions for businesses big or small who wish to make sure their premises are safe. As fire risk consultants they employ current and ex-senior ranking fire brigade officers with knowledge and experience of fire protection, safety, prevention and enforcement.

A Health and safety risk assessment identifies possible risks of combustion and institutes methods to counteract that risk. In itself a fire risk assessment sounds quite simple to evaluate. Of course, a fire risk assessment has to assess all sorts of eventualities.

For instance, clearly the fire safety officer has to work out how to limit the spread of fire and smoke. So they have to consider how a fire would spread in a particular room, if it would spread out of the room, how it would propagate through the building and how it would proliferate to other buildings.

There are four main objectives of fire safety. First the goal is to prevent the fire or to stop it spreading. Secondly, it plans to protect workers from the effects of fire (e.g. alarms to notify people about the emergency lighting, escape routes and refuge). Thirdly, they want to minimize the impact of the fire (e.g. maintain the structural integrity of the building). Finally, the aim is support the fire brigade and to provide them with access and a water supply.

The fire safety consultants of MacDonald Martin have the know-how to establish where fire risks lie and how a business can stop it happening. Every workplace wants to keep its employees safe. http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/  will help any business protect its workforce.