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• FireRite: Advanced Fire Safety Training Courses

  31-03-2025 11:32 via thebigredguide.com
  At FireRite they have always offered a range of fire safety training in different formats. They’ve offered a range of standard training packages as well as bespoke and tailored training to meet their specific needs. The way that they approach training delivery needs to adapt and change as the world moves into ‘the new normal’.The requirements and legislation relating to fire safety for businesses have not gone away or been relaxed during the lockdown. Fire safety tr
  
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• Fire Door Safety Week: Essential Fire Safety Insights

  31-03-2025 11:31 via thebigredguide.com
  21st-27th of September marks Fire Door Safety Week, a week to raise awareness around a critical element of passive fire safety. Fire doors a part of the furniture in public buildings, their homes and other residential buildings. Most members of the public see fire doors all the time, but don't truly appreciate how much thought and strategic planning goes into fire doors, and how vitally important they are to their safety.Fire Door Safety Week aims to highlight the importance of fire doors to tho
  
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• Fire Risk Assessment In Built Environment

  31-03-2025 11:30 via thebigredguide.com
  Published in September 2020 by the Competence Steering Group, Setting the Bar (the final report of the Competence Steering Group), represents two years of challenging work following the Grenfell Fire Tragedy.Initiated by the recommendations within Dame Judith Hackitt's review “Building a safer Future” it identifies the need for competent persons within the construction and built environment industries to ensure buildings are effectively designed, maintained and managed with (
  
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• Proper Storage Of Alcohol-Based Sanitizers

  31-03-2025 11:29 via thebigredguide.com
  Since the onset of the pandemic, most companies have become familiar with issuing alcohol gel in the form of hand sanitizer for staff, customers and visitors. This is understandable because it’s a good way of ensuring no germs, viruses and bacteria are passed on when surfaces are touched.But, as a manager or procurement officer, just how au fait are users with storing these highly-flammable liquids? It’s important to do so carefully because of the high alcohol content in the
  
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• Fire Compartmentation: Passive Fire Protection Guide

  31-03-2025 11:29 via thebigredguide.com
  Once users have conducted a competent fire risk assessment, where necessary, users may then need to plan for what’s known as fire compartmentation, or passive fire protection survey.It’s important to understand that Passive Fire Precautions (PFP) are a vital part of the building fabric, dividing the building into individual fire compartments, constructed, and lined with suitable fire resisting materials to reduce the spread of fire.Individual fire compartmentsWhat is the purp
  
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