Fire Safety Audit

A comprehensive Fire Safety Audit template designed to help organizations assess fire risks, verify compliance with safety regulations, and ensure proper readiness in case of emergencies.

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Part 1: Sources of ignition

15 Questions

Are there procedures in place to control any smoking materials, e.g. Cigarettes, matches or lighters?*

Are there procedures in place to monitor any cooking processes?*

Are there procedures in place to monitor the use of any electrical, gas or oil fired heaters in the assessment area?*

Are there procedures in place to control the use of any portable lighting equipment?*

Are there procedures in place to report any faulty electrical or misused electrical equipment?*

Are there procedures in place to control the use of extension leads or multi plug adapters being used within the assessment area?*

Has all portable electrical equipment been PAT tested?*

Are there procedures in place to monitor any hot surfaces, or any obstructions of ventilation equipment?*

Are there procedures in place to control any hot works processes, e.g. welding by contractors, incineration or bitumen activities conducted within the assessment area?*

Is all electrical wiring in good condition and regularly inspected by a competent person?*

Are all light bulbs / shades and fittings clear of combustible materials?*

Are all electrical sockets, plugs, appliances, and adapters in good condition?*

Are there present, any lightening protection systems in place within the assessment area?*

Are there procedures in place to monitor and record any history or evidence of Arson?*

Are there procedures in place to monitor and record any previous history of fire loss within the assessment area?*

Part 2: Sources of fuel

16 Questions

Are all laundry supplies, e.g. bedding, towels, medical supplies etc within the assessment area stored correctly?*

Are all toiletries, aerosols, wall and ceiling hangings and linings within the assessment area stored or fitted correctly within the assessment area?*

Are all plastics or rubber materials e.g. soft play or restraint areas, video tapes, X-ray film, polyurethane foam- filled furniture, foam filled mats or polystyrene based materials stored correctly in the assessment area.*

If there are any wood or wood-based furniture, textiles and, or soft furnishings e.g. spare clothing or hanging curtains within the assessment area, are they stored correctly?*

If there are any waste products particularly finely divided items such as shredded paper, wood shavings, or off cuts and dust within the assessment area, are they stored and disposed of correctly?*

Are all textiles and furnishings to the correct standard?*

If there are any clothing or private belongings e.g. Seasonal and religious occasion decorations within the assessment area, are they stored correctly?*

If there are any flammable products e.g. cleaning and decorating products, petrol, white spirit, methylated spirit, alcohol, cooking oils or disposable lighters within the assessment area, are they stored correctly?*

Is there an up to date COSHH register within the assessment area?*

If there any flammable liquids stored in plastic containers are they stored correctly within the assessment area?*

If there are present, any flammable gases e.g. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) including aerosol canisters within they assessment area, are they stored correctly?*

If present do any materials used to line walls and ceilings e.g. Carpet tiles, polystyrene ceiling tiles conform to current fire safety regulations?*

Are all storage areas controlled and monitored according to their risk? Are all store doors either shut or locked shut depending on their use?*

Is all office paperwork tidy and stored properly?*

Are all means of escape routes including corridors, lobbies, and stairwells free from obstructions and storage of combustible materials?*

Are all wheeled waste bins stored in designated areas away from any buildings? Are contractors skips controlled and placed in appropriate areas away from the sides of any buildings fitted with openable windows?*

Part 3: Sources of Oxygen

3 Questions

Are all oxygen supplies from cylinder storage and piped systems e.g. medical oxygen and oxygen used by contractors e.g welding processes controlled within the assessment area?*

Are all Oxygen/Medical Gases stored appropriately within the assessment area?*

Are there present, shut off valves for piped Oxygen/Medical Gas Supplies within the assessment area? If yes are any such valves marked or labeled to identify as to which area they control?*

Part 4: Persons at risk

12 Questions

If there any employees who work alone, either regularly or at specific times and/or in isolated areas, e.g. Domestics, pottering staff, security staff, maintenance staff, nursing or other staff especially at night, if yes is there a lone worker policy in place?*

Are all people who are unfamiliar with the premises, e.g. agency or temporary staff, guests, visitiors (including visiting medical or social care staff) contractors in the assessment area, made aware of the fire safety procedures for the area.*

Are there procedures in place to ensure that any patients who are unable to escape unaided (young children, babies, the elderly, physically disabled people (in particular people with mobility impairment) are evacuated safely in the event of a fire alarm activation.*

Are there procedures in place in regards the evacuation of any people who are not able to leave the premises quickly (but do not require assistance), e.g. patients or visitors who are elderly or with limited disabilities and parents with children?*

Are there procedures in place in regards the evacuation of any mentally disabled people, people with vision or hearing impairment, people with some other sensory impairment?*

Are there procedures in place in regards the evacuation of people with language difficulties in the assessment area?*

Are there people in the immediate vicinity of the premises?*

Are there procedures in place in regards the evacuation of any people who's ability to escape unassisted is impaired due to their medical condition, medication, or who may be intoxicated?*

Are there procedures in place to minimise the risk of a fire starting in a non-patient access areas that could affect adjacent patient access areas?*

Has the maximum and minimum number of patients been considered within the assessment area?*

Has the maximum and minimum number of staff on duty been considered within the assessment area?*

Has the maximum and minimum number of any disabled staff been considered within the assessment area?*

Part 5: Fire Protection Measures

3 Questions

Has the total travel distance to the nearest emergency exit been considered within the assessment area?*

Has any travel distances in excess of 60 metres been considered within the assessment area?*

If any travel distances in excess of 60 metres have been identified in assessment area, have measures been put in place to ensure that the distance is either reduced, layout of area has been revised, number of persons in the assessment area has been reviewed, staff training has been increased for staff working in assessment area?*

Part 6: Escape Routes & Strategies

5 Questions

Have you considered the type, number and dependency of people using the premises, when determining whether your premises have adequate means of escape?*

Patient Dependency (Independent): have you considered the mobility of patients classed as independent in regards the patient is not impaired in any way and that they are able to physically leave the premises without the assistance of staff?*

Have you considered assisted means of escape, when determining whether your premises have adequate means of escape?*

Have you considered the implications on the area of relative safety when using Progressive Horizontal Evacuation?*

Have you considered the necessary equipment you have to take with you to keep the "care package" going?*

Part 7: Emergency Evacuation of Persons with Mobility Impairment

1 Questions

Have you made provision for the emergency evacuation of disabled persons via:- Staircases, Horizontal Evacuation, Refuges; Rails; Evacuation Lifts, and other suitable Evacuation Aids?*

Part 8: Signs and Notices

9 Questions

Are there instructions on how to use any first aid fire fighting equipment such as: fire extinguishers, hose reels, fire blankets?*

Have provisions been made for patients or visitors with impaired vision?*

Are all fire escape signs correctly positioned?*

Does all escape signage have a pictograph on them?*

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Are designated fire doors indicated with appropriate signs ie, "Fire Door Keep Shut"*

Are designated fire doors fitted with appropriate signage indicating how to use the door mechanism ie, "Push Bar To Open"?*

Where necessary have "Fire Exit" doors got "Fire Exit Keep Clear " signs fitted?*

Are all red Break Glass Call Points identified with appropriate signage?*

Is there an "Action In case of Fire" notice beside each red Break Glass Call Point within the assessment area?*

Part 9: Lightning

3 Questions

Is the building large enough to require lightning protection?*

If lightning protection is required, does it meet the requirements of BS6651: 1992?*

If fitted are lightning protection systems visually inspected every 12 months?*

Part 10: Access for Fire Engines and Fire Fighters

5 Questions

Are all access roads to the building hard standing areas for fire engines and access roads into the building for fire-fighters, kept free from obstructions?*

In taller buildings, is the rising fire main free from obstruction and secure?*

Are there periodic maintenance checks carried out on any or all wet/dry risers within the assessment area?*

Are there any other fire-fighting facilities to assist fire-fighters?*

Are firefighters switches fitted to luminous discharge tubes where applicable?*

Part 11: Fire-fighting Equipment

6 Questions

Is all fire-fighting equipment in the correct position and in satisfactory and serviceable condition? Are they within 12 month service date?*

Are all fire extinguishers positioned on escape routes?*

Are the extinguishers suitable, sufficient and well sited?*

Are the extinguishers visible or does their position need indicating?*

Are fire blankets provided where required ie in kitchens or beverage bays where cooking equipment such as ovens, cookers, microwave ovens, toasters etc are situated?*

Has the use of any automatic fire extinguishing or suppressant systems been considered within the assessment area?*

Part 12: Means of Escape - Single Direction of Escape

11 Questions

s the premises provided with such a means of escape in case of fire, and such a means for securing that the means of escape can be safely and effectively used at all material times, as may be reasonably required in the circumstances of the case? (Minimum escape widths of 800mm from offices)*

Has an evacuation strategy been provided?*

Are there sufficient fire exits for the occupancy of the building?*

Where provided, has the means of escape been designed as a series of stages?*

Stage One - Horizontal Escape - Does this stage also include any horizontal travel outside the room of origin if there is still only one direction of travel?*

Stage Two - Reaching Safety of Another Sub-Compartment - Does this stage involve such things as passing through a fire resisting barrier?*

Stage Three - Vertical Escape - Is vertical escape down to the ground floor or access level possible should it be necessary?*

Stage Four - Safe Exit - Is safe exit from the foot of the stairway to a place of safety away from the building possible?*

Is the maximum distance for a single direction no more than 15m in patient areas or more than 18m in non-patient areas, before there is a choice of escape routes?*

Is the maximum distance for escape no more than 15m (can include escape from an inner room providing access room is not a fire hazard room)?*

Is the maximum distance for escape no more than 30m from any point to an adjoining sub-compartment, compartment or staircase?*

Part 13: Means of Escape - Travel Distance

14 Questions

Is an emergency plan for the premises, stating the preferred methods of evacuation prepared, in order to assess the suitability of circulation spaces?*

All Premises: Are doors on the escape route side-hung or pivoted?*

All Premises: if sliding doors are found on the escape route, do they open outward when subjected to reasonable pressure from any direction?*

All Premises: if powered sliding doors are provided, do they have a monitoring system to ensure they fail safe to the fully open position in the event of a power failure?*

All Premises: are all doors non-obstructive of escape corridor widths?*

All Premises: if any doors to cupboards are located along corridors on the escape route, do such doors open through 180 degrees to avoid obstruction?*

All Premises: Do doors across circulation spaces providing single direction of escape open in the direction of escape (doors to bedrooms do not have to open in the direction of escape)?*

Are doors across circulation spaces fitted with glazed observation panels?*

Can you confirm that the route is not prejudiced by smoke and flame issuing from openings in the buildings in the buildings envelope e.g. Windows and doors?*

Will the structural elements resist the spread of heat and smoke for at least 30 minutes?*

Is the escape route clearly defined?*

Is the route installed with anti-slip surface?*

Are adequate handrails provided?*

Is escape lighting provided for the route?*

Part 14: Means of Escape - Refuge

2 Questions

All Premises: Are there at least 2 separate (sub) compartments on each floor level?*

All Premises: Does each (sub) compartment have a minimum of 2 fire exits either to the adjoining sub compartment or to another compartment, escape stair or outside?*

Part 15: Means of Escape - Stairways

7 Questions

Medium Size Premises: Are there sufficient number of stairways to ensure that from each sub-compartment there are alternative means of escape to the ground floor?*

Medium Size Premises: Is there a stairway within 40 metres of any room on an upper floor?*

Medium Size Premises: Are all stairways in protected shafts , (except in the case of existing buildings where they may be external, provided they are not prejudiced by smoke or flames issuing from openings in the buildings envelope e.g. Windows))?*

Do all protected shafts enclosing stairways have direct access to the outside at ground level, which leads to a place of safety away from the building, or access to the outside via a route which is free of combustible materials and is enclosed in 30 minute fire resisting construction?*

Where any protected shafts descend to a basement level is there suitable physical separation at ground level to prevent those escaping from upper floors continuing to descend below ground floor level?*

Where a stairway is the only stairway in a building, or where it is external , is it constructed of materials which are non- combustible or of limited combustibility?*

Are escape stairways maintained in safe and sound condition?*

Part 16: Means of Escape - Escape Lighting

3 Questions

Is escape lighting installed?*

Is primary lighting provided to all internal and external escape routes?*

Large Premises: is escape lighting provided within the following spaces: External routes to a place of safety?*

Part 17: Fire Alarm Automatic Detection

12 Questions

Is there an automatic fire detection system installed?*

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Is there automatic detection installed in all areas?*

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If fitted is the fire alarm "Conventional"?*

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If fitted is the fire alarm "Addressable"?*

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If fitted is the fire alarm "a life protection system"?*

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If fitted is fire alarm "a property protection system"?*

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Is fire alarm linked to an "Alarm Receiving Centre"?*

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Are there break glass call points provided at each final exit, storey exit, nurse station?*

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Can the fire alarm be clearly heard throughout the building?*

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Is the fire alarm visual and audible?*

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Is the fire alarm tested weekly within the assessment area?*

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Are records kept in regards all testing and maintenance of the fire alarm system?*

Media Required

Part 18: Fire Training

9 Questions

Do all staff receive fire safety training during a staff induction programme prior to commencing work within their ward or department?*

Do all staff receive mandatory fire safety training annually, or sooner if a risk assessment identifies a higher risk of fire?*

Have you trained your staff in using the means of escape, fire warning system and fire routine procedures?*

Are there records of all fire training drills, tests and examinations carried out?*

Are fire drills carried out? Date of last evacuation drill?*

Is there a system in place for logging staff in and out of the assessment area?*

Have you considered all the people likely to be present in your work place and others that may share the building with you?*

Is there a system in place for recording visitors and guests present in the assessment area?*

Are there procedures in place to account for all persons in the assessment area should evacuation be necessary?*

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