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#1 Posted : 02 October 2001 08:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By gavin leatherbarrow As the health and safety advisor for a large college I have just completed a fire evacuation practice. Various concerns were raised which are all being “fixed”. One of my recommendations was the implementation of a “Fire Safety/Prevention Officer" to help co-ordinate all the fire safety activities of the college. What I need are examples of job roles or description so I can write a full specification of what the job would entail. Are any members who are Fire Safety/Prevention Officers who are willing to let me know what their job entails? I can then set about presenting my recommendations to the management team.
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#2 Posted : 02 October 2001 09:41:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ken Taylor You could also try asking the Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (www.fire.org/IFPO)
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#3 Posted : 05 October 2001 08:11:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jane Blunt Dear Gavin I work in a University, and we have a system that entails a number of duty holders. Each Department has a Fire Manager. One Department might share premises, in which case there may be more than one Fire Manager in a building, or some Departments are very large and have several buildings, so that in this case several buildings have a single Fire Manager. The Fire Manager keeps the fire log book for the department. The Log book contains a mixture of helpful advice, checklists and records. For instance it contains copies of any fire certificates that the premises have, the Safety Policy, a fire safety checklist. It also contains record sheets for the testing of fire alarms, emergency lighting, etc. Lastly it contains records of events, such as Fire Brigade visits, HSE visits, etc, and their reasons. The Fire Manager has the role of keeping this book up-to-date - but of course, jobs may be delegated, so the Fire Manager is not expected to test the fire alarms personally. The Department also has a network of Fire Wardens to assist in evacuation, and the job of the Fire Manager includes recruiting them, getting them trained and providing them with the authority to do their job. A carefully designed log book makes the whole job much more manageable, as the prospective post holder is led through all the things that need to be done. Regards Jane
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