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Rogues Gallery
All of the following photographs are taken
from Fire Risk Assessments undertaken by
Fire Safety Net Ltd
If they remind you of where you work then you need
to contact us for a chat about a fire risk assessment.
In the UK it is a legal requirement for all places of work to have a Fire Risk Assessment
We can also help you with fire alarms, fire extinguishers
or any other fire related issues.
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Fire Exits and Fire Escapes
Fire Exit blocked by parked car
Fire Exit blocked by a tree!!
Obviously not been checked in a while!
Fire Exit blocked by storage
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Fire Exits and Fire Escapes
Rotten Wooden fire escape staircase
Yes it’s a fire exit!!
Climb over a red hot radiator,
kick out a wooden panel…
Fire exit route from a pub/restaurant,
can you imagine 100 people leaving
here in a rush
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Yes it’s a fire exit!!
Rotten Wooden
fire escape staircase
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Fire Doors: Wedges and Blocks!
3 really good examples of how to kill all of the people upstairs!
House brick
wrapped in
tape so it
doesn’t
scratch the
fire door as it
holds it open
How not to
use a fire
extinguisher
“The fire
door was
really hard to
hold open,
so my
husband
made this
really heavy
wedge for it”
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Holes Made in Fire Resisting Walls
A solid fire resisting wall can easily be made useless by breaking a hole in it, most often
this is done to your building by electricians, cable routers and plumbers
Oil tank store in a
boiler house.
A doorway made so
someone can store
his bike and
pressure washer!
A hole put in the wall for ventilation in a
freezer room overlooks the fire escape!
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Storage in Fire Escape Stairs
In a building with only one staircase, it is your only way out in a fire.
If combustible materials are stored in the staircase and the fire starts there, you have had it!
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Poor Housekeeping
Poor housekeeping inevitably leads to fires,
that’s why fire service inspectors rate it so highly in their risk matrix!
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Obstructed Call Points
In the event of a fire
raise the alarm by
breaking the glass….
But what if you can’t
find it!
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Storage on and Around Heaters
Heaters should be guarded
and no combustible
material stored close by.
The first picture shows gym
mats in a school stored
against and on top of the
heater!
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Electricity
Multi adaptors plugged into multi adaptors plugged into ….
If cable reels are
used when the cable
is wrapped around
the drum, the cable
acts a bit like the
filaments on an
electric fire and gets
hotter and hotter
Combustible materials stored close by high voltage equipment
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Electricity
Yet more multi adaptors plugged into multi adaptors plugged into ….
If metal rods
and cable etc
are stored in
this fashion
against high
voltage
equipment you
can easily get
arcs and sparks
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Poor quality electrical
installation with a
mass of cables and
poor connections in a
damp environment.
Perfect for short
circuits!
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Cooking
I know they look like
staged photographs but
both of these were found
in schools!
Poor positioning
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Not a great place to store
your cleaning materials!
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Flammable Liquid Storage
Flammable liquids should be stored in a secure cabinet that is “bunded” to stop leaks
escaping and liquids free flowing across the floor looking for an ignition source!
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LPG Cylinders Storage
LPG cylinders should be stored in a secure cage located outside.
They are a great target for arsonists if they are insecure
Half right!!
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Poor Storage
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Just too close!
Portable heaters are a
common cause of fires as
they can be inadvertently
knocked and moved to be
too close to combustible
materials.
They should be fixed and
guarded so they stay where
you want them to be!
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How not to use fire guards!
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Fire Exit Signs
Fire Exit signs should be unobstructed and easy to see.
As you can see on the first two photographs when the blinds are down
the fire exit signs disappear!!
The fire exit signs in this supermarket were stuck to
the emergency lights so unless you were directly
underneath them and looking up…..
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Fire Exit Signs
To meet the current standard all fire exit signs must be white on
a green background and include the running man symbol.
Home made signs are not acceptable.
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Exposed foam in furniture
The covering material is an integral part of the “fire
safety” of foam when used in furnishings, when it is
missing or ripped the level of risk increases dramatically.
The above seating was found in offices and a pub.
Such furniture would require professional repair or should be replaced.
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Bins & Skips
Overflowing and insecure
bins and skips are a
magnet for arsonists.
For more guidance.
see my “5 ways to avoid
an arson attack on your
business”
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Rogues Gallery
If these photographs remind you of where you
work and you are feeling a little nervous now
then you need to contact us for a chat about a
fire risk assessment.
In the UK it is a legal requirement for all places of work to have a Fire Risk Assessment
We can also help you with fire alarms, fire extinguishers
or any other fire related issues.
Copyright Fire Safety Net Ltd 2009
www.firesafetynet.co.uk