With the ability to combine its past and present experience Haze and Safety is able to offer our client advice and service which covers all aspects of legislation on Fire Safety. The following information summarises the service that Haze and Safety would provide to our clients.

1. Fire and electrical safety
2. Fire and Emergency Procedures Seminars
3. Fire Marshal Seminar
5. Philosophy



1. Fire and electrical safety

Risk of fire is probably the main hazard in offices. This may be simply associated with human carelessness, for example, smoking and inadvertent disposal of cigarette ends. Alternatively, a wide range of potentially flammable materials is used in offices: spirit-based cleaning fluids, floor polishes, paper of all types and many forms of packaging materials. All these substances are potential fire hazards if not controlled. Equally important in combating the risk of fire is the maintenance of high electrical safety standards, linked particularly to:

  • the provision of sufficient socket outlets and minimal use of adapters;
  • sockets not being overloaded;
  • regular testing of residual current devices;
  • the prohibition on taped joints for connecting cables or replacing damaged cables;
  • regular visual inspection of plugs and leads in order to identify damage to cables and signs of overheating;
  • switching off equipment before unplugging and cleaning;
  • identification of faulty switching or intermittent stopping; and
  • reporting the malfunction of electrical equipment.

Moreover, recent advances in office technology, following the introduction of computerised equipment and word processors, also disguise potential electrical hazards. The fact is that many older offices were simply not designed for such an influx of electrically operated equipment, which has resulted in many offices being plagued by frequent use of multi-point adapters, extension leads and the wiring of more than one appliance into a 13 amp plug, resulting in overloading.

In older offices this is also compounded by a lack of central heating, resulting in the use of free-standing electrical appliances for use during winter months, leading to further overloading. The risk of free-standing appliances falling or being knocked over, leading to the danger of fire on the premises is evident.

Signs and Training

Signs should be provided to identify courses of action to be taken, means of escape and location of fire fighting equipment. Training should be given in the use of systems and equipment provided, to minimise undesirable or apparently illogical behaviour.

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2. Fire and Emergency Procedures Seminar

The seminar lasts for half a day and covers all aspects of fire in a building and what to do, from the discovery of a fire to the final OK from the fire chief that everything is OK to re-enter the building or the staff are sent home.

The seminar covers the following :-

  • Is it safe to tackle the fire - Can I manage it? Do I raise the alarm or do I get out?
  • How to raise the alarm - What to do, the break glass, the telephone, the fire alarm.
  • The evacuation procedures - What to do, where to go, what to do when you get there, escape routes.
  • The emergency services - What to do when they arrive.
  • The effects of smoke.
  • Lifts and fire.
  • And much more followed by a video

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3. Fire Marshals Seminar

The fire marshals seminar contains the contents of the fire and emergency procedures seminar plus the fire marshals duties and how to recognise fire marshals.

The seminar covers the following :-

  • Most of the Fire and Emergency Procedures Seminar.
  • Fire cost and losses
  • Different fire fighting systems
  • Human behaviour
  • Fire Marshals duties
  • The Regulations
  • Escape routes and emergency plans
  • Signs, notices and lighting
  • Instruction and training
  • How to avoid fire hazards
  • Fire doors
  • Tours of inspection

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5. Philosophy

Haze and Safety is committed to the provision of a service that will address the requirements of current legislation that is pertinent or applicable to the client's business or undertaking. By promoting a continued appreciation by all parties that Health and Safety in the work place is an essential part of good management, Haze and Safety believe that they are assisting their Clients to make a significant contribution to the ethos of developing a safe and healthy environment.

Haze and Safety are fully skilled in handling all the control requirements of health and safety, fire and emergency procedures and the wider concerns of developing and maintaining the environment.

Combining more than 35 yeas of experience in project management. Haze and Safety has progressively developed further specialisation's to meet the increasing complexity of client requirements.

These include environmental Consultancy, risk assessment, and health and safety.

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