THE FIRE WARDEN /

MARSHAL ROLE DEFINITION

“a person appointed to manage

fire safety responsibilities in the
workplace”

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Remember Key Responsibilities:

1. To promote positive Fire Prevention attitudes

and work practices

2. Inspections and Building Maintenance

3. Fire Drills and Training

4. Risk Assessment, Report Writing and Record

Keeping

5. Specific duties during a Fire Emergency

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Key Responsibilities 1-5

1. To promote positive Fire Prevention

attitudes and work practices

While all Employees have a responsibility

to contribute positively to the Prevention
of Fire at Work, the Fire Warden / Marshal
has a particular responsibility to ensure
that everyone co-operates

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 Fire Prevention

Prevention is based on
eliminating or minimizing
one of the components of
the “Fire Triangle”.

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 Fire Prevention
Keep Fuel and Heat source isolated

Oxygen
Heat
Fuel Source
Oxygen
Oxygen Oxygen

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 Prevention
Other fire prevention methods include:

Heat and/or smoke detectors.

Automatic fire sprinkler systems.

Kitchen hood systems.

Building codes and materials.

Flame retardant furnishings and

materials.
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 Prevention
General storage of combustibles

Good housekeeping practices

Electrical equipment

Smoking strategy - shelter

Alarm and detection

systems
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Frayed Electrical Wire

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 Elements of Fire Prevention and Control

B uilding design -
protection of load b earing structure,
fire com p artm entation,
escape distances and routes,

M anagem ent -
housekeep ing, organisation, lim itation of fire loadings, w astes, etc
review of fire risk assessm ents, m odifications to buildings, planning consent and fire authority app roval,
fire drills, instruction & training for building users

Fire d etection & alarm system s -

m anual or autom atic d etection,
typ es of alarm , signage, em ergency lig hting

Fire fighting system s -

extinguishers, hose-reels, sprinklers, carbon dioxide & halon

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Questions / Summary

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For attending this
course

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