Fires can seriously damage assets and property while the health and safety of individuals can also be jeopardized, in many cases leading to loss of life. Threats that lead to fire can be due to internal or external causes. Natural causes include electrical storms, tornadoes, earthquakes and drought. Numerous factors can contribute to this hazard which is why planning for this threat is all the more important.
Threat Plans for Fires
- Establish contact with officials from the local fire department.
- Understand what your response options are and to what extent can the fire department be of assistance to your organization.
- Ask the fire department to conduct a walk through exercise to identify fire related vulnerabilities. In many regions, such an inspection is mandated by law and regulatory norms.
- Gain information on what the fire department can and cannot do when there is a fire outbreak.
- Make sure that the best practice suggestions or recommendations are current, especially if your company’s business operations are frequently changing by nature.
- Conduct fire drills regularly.
- Develop carefully detailed fire evacuation procedures.
- Design and test detailed evacuation plans.
- Display evacuation maps in places of high visibility around the office location.
- Ensure that employees are aware of what their exit options are in the event of a fire.
- Assign senior staff members the task of supervising the evacuation of specific groups of people when the headcount is large.
- Obtain suggestions for fire prevention and protection from your insurance provider. The more fireproof your business is, the more money your insurance provider saves. Many insurance vendors assist with resources and complimentary training modules.
- Train staff members on how to use equipment such as automatic fire doors, sprinklers, extinguishers and so on.
- Make sure that chemical fire suppression systems have been installed in the spaces where your servers are located. This requirement is included in current construction norms. Servers have a greater risk of damage from overhead water sprinklers.
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