Posted By Timothy Capner
Dear Paul
I conducted Fire Risk Assessments with small groups of staff (5-10), that included part traditional and part dynamic.

The traditional part conveyed the legislative requirements and the sic; 'boring bits'. The dynamic elements of the training were site specific and were by far the best received.

I rec'd positive feed-back from the participants as we 'audited' the premises, it made the whole training process more real for them.

Best of luck Paul
Tim C

Posted By Robert S Woods
Sarah,

Dynamic risk assessments are the ones done by dynamic "consultants called Steve or Dave who think outside the box, touch base a lot, drive 5 series BMW's and sound their horns in frustratiuon at old ladies crossing the road.

They carry out the assessments or training wearing shades and saying phrases such as bring me solutions not problems, which is what makes them dynamic.

Bob

Posted By Jack
The Home Office issued advice on this for fire services some 6 years ago. Although drawn up for the fire service it was applicable to other emergency services and other activities in which traditional control over the workplace and workplace equipment is lacking.

The idea was to manage the risk in the rapidly changing circumstances of an operational incident.

Probably still available from Stationery Office.

Posted By Robert K Lewis
Jack seems to have come closest to answering this. Dynamic risk assessment is about the individual employee making assessed decisions in the context of an overall risk assessment. In the construction context we could envisage a scenario where the task is formally assessed to be done on an alloy tower but there the operative still needs to make decisions concerning the specific effects on the environment and other operatives at that precise moment. It is not about taking trainees around the building during training, although this is clearly desirable to make the training stick

The real task is to find a simple process which guides them through this. I have formulated, based on a BP model a simple 5 steps
STOP - step back (mentally) and observe
THINK through the task
IDENTIFY the specific hazards
CONTROL the hazards and COMMUNICATE what you can't control
COMPLETE task

It is often used by peripatetic tradespersons who work in widely varying situations where formalised specific assessments are not reasonably practicable.

As far as Rob's comments are concerned I rest my case

Bob

Posted By Stuart Bower
As a rider I'd add that all dynamic assessments need to have as their basis some other form of recorded assessment.

We use them a lot but they're based on risk assessed processes and procedures and it is these that are used as the basis for the dynamic bit.

The feedback and review loop has a very real part to play in learning from experience. I have seen the phrase 'dynamic assessment' used as an excuse not to complete risk assessments in any other format.

Stuart

Posted By Robert S Woods
I think we all have at one time or another.

There more to be pitied than to be laughed at.

If you read a job advert that asks for a dynamic person ring them up and ask them to define what there looking for. Explain that you wear shades even at night say great and lets do it, a lot and go paintballing on a weekend, where you cry when you loose. Ask them if you fit the bill.

Posted By Nick Butler
We have a similar situation to yourself,how we have done it is the usual risk assessments and training, actions on discovering fire are pretty standard ie raise the alarm, get everybody out.The patrolling security officer is taught to make an ongoing threat assessment for their own personal safety, based on the formula of "person-article-place".ie the child at 3pm with an ice cream does not offer the same risk as the 2am drunk with a bottle in A+E, is this the kind of thing you are looking at? If so please feel free to e-mail me direct,
regards,
Nick.