If a business does not have a Fire Emergency Plan to deal with a fire safety emergency they are gambling with peoples lives.
Macdonald Martin, fire safety consultants, can help businesses to put together an effective Fire Emergency Plan.

A Fire Emergency Plan basically ensures that all members of staff know what to do if there is a fire and that the premises can be safely evacuated. The plan should be based on the outcome of a fire risk assessment.

The plan will include a fire evacuation strategy. When discovering a fire it should be the duty of every person to sound the fire alarm immediately. The fire service should be called immediately. Staff should congregate at pre-determined assembly points and a roll call of all staff should be taken. The assembly point should be a safe distance away from the building so as not to put staff in danger and not to impede the fire safety services.

Macdonald Martin can help your business to formulate an effective Fire Emergency Plan for any size of organisation. Make sure the only gamble workers make is on the lottery on a Saturday and not when they step into work every day. For more information on Health & Safety visit http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/

Yet the humble fire extinguisher can be put in to action and save lives.

Fire Safety consultants MacDonald Martin supply all the main types of extinguishers as well as offering the training in their proper use.

It is, of course, vital that the correct fire extinguisher is placed in an area where it will be most effective. MacDonald Martin has the expertise to help you put together a fire protection strategy that includes advice on fire extinguishers.

There are officially five classes of fire. They are called A, B, C, D and F. They range from ordinary fires, through to fires involving flammable gases and liquids. The classes also cover fires containing metal and fires involving cooking fat or oil.

Water, dry powder, wet chemical, foam and Co2 extinguishers are all provided by Macdonald Martin and as fire protection consultants MacDonald Martin can help organisations to choose the right mix of extinguishers for their type of business. It is just a part of the comprehensive range of fire safety services they offer.

So while that little red canister may sit there in the corner as workers come and go each day it is ready. Hopefully it will never be needed. If it is, MacDonald Martins fire safety knowledge means it will be the right type to fight the flames and protect staff and businesses alike.          

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Call 999, get out and wait for the fire brigade, don’t you?

Businesses are legally obliged to provide adequate fire safety training to all staff.

MacDonald Martin, as fire safety consultants, offers fire safety training courses to businesses. The courses range from basic fire safety courses to in depth fire marshal/warden training.

With a team of trainers with years of experience they have even offered their fire safety services to local authorities and military firefighters.
Their fire safety courses include basic fire awareness training where they teach the principles of the chemistry of fire. Action an employee should take in the event of fire. As well as informing trainees about ignition sources and the practical use of fire extinguishers.

More advanced training is offered for fire wardens, which includes evacuation procedures, fire risk assessment and the development of emergency procedures. They can also provide risk assessment training offering expert tuition leading to the trainee conducting a fire risk assessment in a practical setting.

All MacDonald Martin fire safety training includes live fire. All staff members who wish to will be able to extinguish fires using different extinguishers.
All businesses must legally do their best to mitigate fire and having staff trained in fire safety could reduce fire damage to property.

Fire safety training enables businesses to protect their staff and protect their business. For professional fire safety training, before it is too late, contact http://www.macdonald-martin.co.uk/

Tens of thousands of fires happen every year at workplaces up and down the country. Thousands of people are injured in these fires and, of course, people die.
With proper fire safety training a lot of these fires could have been avoided.

MacDonald Martin will supply fire risk assessment services to make sure that businesses comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO). They have over 40 professionally qualified fire risk consultants within either the Institution of Fire Engineers or the Institute of Fire Prevention Officers qualifications. Many are current and ex-senior ranking fire brigade officers with knowledge and experience of fire protection, safety, prevention and enforcement.

If a business does not have an adequate fire risk assessment it runs the risk of not just a tragedy at work but also legal action. The order requires the responsible person (such as the employer) to carry out a fire risk assessment and employ competent people to manage fire risk.

A fire risk assessment identifies possible risks of combustion and institutes methods to counteract that risk. MacDonald Martin can provide solutions for businesses big or small who wish to make sure their premises are safe.

The fire safety consultants of MacDonald Martin have the know-how to establish where fire risks lie and how a business can stop it happening.
Every workplace wants to keep its employees safe. http://www.macdonald-Martin.co.uk/  will help any business protect its workforce.