Workplace Fire Safety

Workplace fires can be very costly in terms of monetary damages but more importantly in terms of human life and injury. Most workplace fire injuries and deaths can be avoided with some simple yet effective steps. The key is to provide appropriate training before a fire starts and to ensure the training in retained. Here are some basic Fire Safety Training and Emergency Action Training guides to help you stay healthy and happy.

OSHA does not require all employers to have a Fire Prevention Plan or an Emergency Action Plan but they highly recommend both. We believe it to be a smart move also. Employers should develop Emergency Action Plans that:
■ Describe the routes for workers to use and procedures to follow.
■ Account for all evacuated employees.
■ Remain available for employee review.
■ Include procedures for evacuating disabled employees.
■ Address evacuation of employees who stay behind to shut down critical plant equipment.
■ Include preferred means of alerting employees to a fire emergency.
■ Provide for an employee alarm system throughout the workplace.

■ Require an alarm system that includes voice communication or sound signals such as bells, whistles, or horns.

■ Make the evacuation signal known to employees.
■ Ensure emergency training.
■ Require employer review of the plan with new employees and with all employees whenever the plan is changed.

Fire Prevention Plans must:
■Be available for employee review.
■ Include housekeeping procedures for storage and cleanup of flammable materials and
flammable waste.
■ Address handling and packaging of flammable waste. (Recycling of flammable waste such as paper is encouraged.)
■ Cover procedures for controlling workplace ignition sources such as smoking, welding, and burning.
■ Provide for proper cleaning and maintenance of heat producing equipment such as burners, heat exchangers, boilers, ovens, stoves, and fryers and require storage of flammables away from this equipment.
■ Inform workers of the potential fire hazards of their jobs and plan procedures.
■ Require plan review with all new employees and with all employees whenever the plan
is changed.

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