Fire Prevention - Health and Safety Authority
The Fire Prevention Triangle - Heat, Oxygen and Fuel A fire needs three elements - heat, oxygen and fuel. Without heat, oxygen and fuel a fire will not start or spread. A key strategy to prevent fire is to remove one or more of heat, oxygen or fuel. The risk assessment should include detail on all three elements to minimise the risk of a fire starting/ spreading.

Fire - Health and Safety Authority
The Fire and Safety Division of Engineers Ireland is a dedicated network for engineers working in the area of fire safety The Institution of Fire Engineers promote, encourage and improve the science and practice of fire engineering, fire prevention and fire extinction

Gen Apps Toolkit :Layout 1 - Health and Safety Authority
Safety Toolkit The objective of the Toolkit is to provide guidance on the prevention of accidents or ill health at work and to provide a practical tool towards a safer workplace. It covers requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, 2007 as amended and is aimed specifically at small and micro ...

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When considering escape facilities, employers should consider the potential for explosions, rapid fire development and ingress of flammable substances into escape routes to compromise escape and how these events may be mitigated or prevented in such circumstances by appropriate design of the escape route and/or means of suppressing or ...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
What is the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005? The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, which repealed and replaced the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 was brought in to make further provision for the safety, health and welfare of persons at work. This Act clarifies and enhances the responsibilities of employer‘s, the self-employed, employees and various other ...

SHWWAct2005_No 10_ - Health and Safety Authority
arrange any necessary contacts with the appropriate emergency services, in particular with regard to first aid, emergency medical care, rescue work and fire-fighting, for the purposes of implementing the plans, procedures and measures referred to in this section and section 8

Safety Statement and Risk Assessment
What is a Safety Statement? Section 20 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires that an organisation produce a written programme to safeguard: the safety and health of employees while they work the safety and health of other people who might be at the workplace, including customers, visitors and members of the public The Safety Statement represents a commitment to their ...

sevesoshortguide.21Feb2007 - Health and Safety Authority
A major accident is defined in the Regulations as “an occurrence such as a major emission, fire or explosion resulting from uncontrolled developments in the course of the operation of any establishment, leading to a serious danger - (a) to human health, or (b) to the environment, whether immediate or delayed, inside or outside the ...

Slip Risk Assessment and Prevention - Health and Safety Authority
Slip Risk Assessment and Prevention Every working day in Ireland more than three people are hurt in work slips (excluding trips and falls) 23% of those who slip are off work for over one month People generally slip on contaminated surfaces/ footwear People generally do not slip on clean dry surfaces This web page provides simple step-by-step advice on how to manage, assess and prevent work ...

Risk Assessments and Safety Statements - Health and Safety Authority
The general principles of prevention are outlined in Health and Safety Legislation (first schedule of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005) and are summarised below: n people are not exposed to the risks. res you to undertake risk assessments. If you can’t g