Bristol, UK - How a Fire Affects a Business discussed by Elite Fire & Security

A fire in a business can be devastating in so many ways for you, your team, your customers and the overall running of your business, as well as being a threat to lives and serious injury, both physically and mentally. Our ‘How a Fire Affects a Business’ article goes into detail around the effects and the importance of having the correct fire systems and processes in place to prevent a fire.

Many fires in a workplace or a commercial property can be avoided by taking the steps to prevent fires, minimise it if one breaks out and by having effective systems, controls and processes in place for the people inside the property to safely evacuate and ensure the emergency services are called quickly to prevent the fire from spreading.

It is known that there are nearly twenty thousand commercial fires in the UK every year and it costs UK businesses millions of pounds, from damage to property, loss of business, fines, compensation claims and increased insurance premiums and this highlights the importance of being fire safe within your business. You have a legal responsibility as a commercial property or business owner and these responsibilities should always be taken seriously. We would recommend that your businesses ‘Responsible Person’ use a reputable and professional Fire Safety Specialist to help support and deliver your legal responsibilities when it comes to fire, fire prevention, fire safety and fire procedures.

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Fire Safety Legislation

Fire Safety Legislation applies to all commercial property and other buildings in which the public have access to. The Fire Safety Legislation states:

Employers (and/or building owners or occupiers) must carry out a fire safety risk assessment and keep it up to date. This shares the same approach as health and safety risk assessments and can be carried out either as part of an overall risk assessment or as a separate exercise.

Based on the findings of the assessment, employers need to ensure that adequate and appropriate fire safety measures are in place to minimise the risk of injury or loss of life in the event of a fire.

How a Fire Affects a Business

Injury or Death

Smoke Inhalation

Fire Insurance Claims

Cost

Businesses Operation

Property & Stock Damage

Data Issues

Brand Reputation

Environmental Damage

Fire Safety Summary

Elite Fire & Security Professional and Reputable Fire Services Include:

-On-site visits to evaluate and assess the layout and risks of your building for your fire system design – It is important that your system functions effectively and does the job it’s designed to do so we assess your building and produce a design which will work best for you and demonstrate the fire prevention and alarm systems you need

-Fire risk assessment and escape plans – as part of Health and Safety regulations your building must have these in place, we can supply everything you need to successfully pass fire safety regulations for businesses and commercial properties

-Fire alarm installation and design – as well as designing your system our fully trained Engineers will install and test your system and provide full training on its operation and functionalities

-Fire alarm maintenance and servicing

Find out everything you need to know here: elitefiresecurity.co.uk/how-fire-affects-business/