Fire Safety Legislation Update

In August of this year the BSI defined what constitutes a responsible person when completing a fire risk assessment with their new standard, BS 8674.  This voluntary standard sets an expectation of knowledge and experience that you should hold to competently...

Evac slides and non-slip flooring: Please check

Recent inspections of fire safety have highlighted a risk that some evac-slides do not work effectively on non-slip floor coverings. As residential Care Providers may use different types of evac-slides from those used by the Hertfordshire Fire Service, it is...

Fire Safety in the Care Industry

              Focus on Fire We received this article from our law partners Ridouts pointing out what CQC are looking at around fire safety and so asked our Fire & Safety department for a quick briefing on what care providers can...