PROTECTU VISION

To provide highly regarded professional independent assistance (at the most competitive market price) to small & medium companies in compliance with all legislation. Protecting you from the high risk of injury.

OUR SERVICES

Fire Risk Assessment

Blazing Building The first step to reducing fire hazards and meeting your legal requirements is a competent, professional fire risk assessment.
Our Fire Risk Assessment delivers real benefits to business, are practical with Best Value Solutions rather than inflicting perfect (expensive) standards.

An Emergency Disaster Recovery Plan is highly recommended for all but the smallest buildings, and we can include that too. Suitable fire safety training has to be provided for staff: a training session can often be included as part of the Fire Risk Assessment.

(73% of businesses suffering a fire never reopen, or close within 3 years of the fire!!!)

The questions you need to ask yourself are:
Have you been proactive in doing a full fire risk assessment for your business?
Are you aware that full documentary evidence of a risk assessment needs to always be available for inspection at any time?
Would your business stand up to an ad hoc inspection from the Fire Brigade who not only need to see evidence of a fire risk assessment but also full documentation if you employ five or more people?
If the answer is NO, then it is time to act.

As a local independent company we will include a recommended list the best value specialist suppliers and equipment that will save you money ref to Case studies.

When the Fire Risk Report is completed we will call in and take any one relevant through it, helping with any explanations and actions needed giving advice and support. Included will be all the necessary procedures, organisation structure, routines and Record Log Books. We will even record, with actions, a mandatory Fire Drill, if necessary.

In short by selecting Protectu your managers will be released to focus on core activities and owners will be freed from possible criminal prosecution.

Fire risk Management

Derelict Building After Fire Managing your fire safety does not end with a single fire risk assessment, and the installation of some fire safety equipment. The process of managing your fire safety should be a regular part of your business's safety culture. Risk Assessments should be reviewed regularly to ensure that precautions are still working effectively, particularly if there are any changes in the workplace or you have a 'near miss' fire situation. Review your fire risk assessment at least annually or following:

A change of work place
A significant change of staff levels
Any structural or material change
Any change in fire precautions in the premises
A near miss or fire incident

Services including production of all possible Safety documentation :-

Evacuation procedures

Fire safety policy
Record keeping /log books
Fire emergency plans
Routine checks
Disaster recovery plans
Health & Safety Policy Statement
Safe Working Practices
Method Statements
Risk Assessments

Fire Risk Audit

After your first full fire risk assessment is completed, it is recognised that if your workplace environment does not significantly change, a full fire risk assessment again in 12 months may not be necessary. We offer a Fire Safety Audit service, based on an original fire risk assessment by us to refresh or update an initial major assessment, which usually will be at a substantially lower price.

Customers with few site changes are recommended to have an audit between full fire risk assessments, or whenever new building work or significant changes may alter your potential fire risk. The audit is fully documented demonstrating your commitment to ongoing fire risk management

Health and Safety Assessments

The real foundation of health and safety management is the Risk Assessment. If you cannot identify and evaluate your risks, how are you going to manage them? Both general and specific health and safety legislation requires risks to be assessed and eliminated or controlled. These include general risks, fire risks, manual handling, hazardous substances, display screen equipment (DSE) and work equipment.

We can help you to identify your hazards and a suitable system to identify the risks. The system will enable you to communicate the information from the assessments to your employees in the most effective way.

If appropriate, we can carry out risk assessments for you involving the people who know most about the subject - those managing and carrying out the work. Following evaluation of the risks, we can help to propose methods of control to eliminate or reduce them.

General Risk Assessments
Carrying out a general risk assessment is a matter of following a few basic steps, however there are a number of different styles, some of which may suit your business better than others.

Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Assessments
'Users' are those who habitually use DSE (computer workstations) as a significant part of their normal work. An employer must carry out an assessment of the risks and reduce them.

Risk Assessment for Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres (DSEAR)
Anyone using substances which may produce an explosive atmosphere, such as flammable liquids or gases, or organic dusts, is required to prevent the formation of such an atmosphere or to take precautions to prevent it being ignited. DSEAR assessment is required and areas must be classified into zones indicating the level of risk.
We can assist companies using flammable substances in their normal activities to conduct these risk assessments.

Work Equipment Assessments The particular hazards presented by the use of machinery should be assessed to identify if they have been suitably controlled by the design of the machine or by safeguarding. While CE marking on equipment declares that certain essential safety requirements have been met, it is possible that the way it is used in your business may give rise to hazards uncontrolled by the manufacturer.
With an extensive engineering background, we can carry out effective assessments for a large range of equipment.

Manual Handling Assessments

All employers have a duty to avoid manual handling, for example by the use of mechanical aids. Where this is not practical, they must carry out an assessment of the risk of injury.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Assessments

It is obviously preferable to avoid the use of substances hazardous to health, or to substitute them with something less dangerous. However, if this is not practical, before using such a substance, an assessment of the risks must be carried out. The assessment should take into account such activities as maintenance and cleaning as well as the main production task.
There may also be a need to measure the level of exposure to the substance(s) in order to assess the risk accurately.

Health and Safety Policies and Safety Manuals

There is a legal requirement for all companies to have an up to date safety policy (those with less than five employees do not have to write it down). The policy sets out how the company manages health and safety and describes what your general policy for health and safety is; who takes responsibility for what; how risks are identified and managed; how employees are consulted, instructed and trained; how you deal with accidents and emergencies; and how you monitor all of this to ensure that it continues to be effective.

Many companies find that their clients require a copy of this policy as part of the client's due diligence in assessing the suitability of contractors or suppliers. A well written and obviously relevant policy will help to present a good impression, whether it is in printed form or computer based: we have a number of years' experience of developing and implementing intranet-based systems.

We have helped many organisations from small office based companies to large multi-site businesses to develop and implement a Health and Safety Policy that is suitable for them. It is important that the policy is written and presented in a format suited to the nature and culture of the organisation and in a style that will encourage people to read it. After all, the most important issue is, do your employees read it and observe its contents?

Large, Complex or High Risk Companies

Medium sized or Medium Risk Companies

Small or Low Risk Companies

We believe that the policies we help to prepare are written in clear English, avoid jargon and excessive legal references and are concise and to the point. They are structured in a way that the person reading it can see rapidly what is, or is not relevant to them and can obtain information at a level suited to their responsibilities.

From this you can see that we do not have an off-the-shelf policy - one size definitely does not fit all. We do, however, find that one of these three formats of policy/manual may be tailored to suit the majority of our clients. However, if you are looking for something very different, please do discuss your requirements with us.

Fire Training

The Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order (RRO) requires employers to train staff in the actions to be taken in the event of fire and basic fire awareness.

We currently provide two workplace fire training courses (Fire Basic Course and Fire Warden Course), which are both structured to meet the requirements of the RRO and can also be tailored to suit individual needs.

A Certificate will be issued to all persons completing the course.

Fire Warden Course

Course Overview

This is a 3 hour course for employees nominated as Fire Wardens in their workplace. The course covers both emergency and non-emergency issues of this vital role and equips attendees with the appropriate level of understanding to perform this role safely in their workplace.

Who should attend?

Persons with the responsibility for implementing the organisations fire evacuation procedures
Persons appointed as Fire Wardens or Deputy Fire Wardens
It is also suitable for persons who have a direct responsibility for developing or improving existing evacuation procedures to maintain effectiveness in a changing environment

Course Objectives

By the end of the course the attendee will have:

Greater understanding of the behaviour of fire
Know the actions to taken in the event of fire
Understand the use and identify the different types of fire extinguishers
Understand the different classifications of fire
Understand the procedure for dealing with an incident in the workplace
Understand the emergency and non-emergency roles of a fire warden

Duration

3 hours carried out 'on site' (by arrangement)
Up to 10 persons per course

Course Fees

Fire Warden: £450

Fire Basic Course