Fire safety is an important aspect to consider as a commercial building owner. In particular, if you own a commercial property, you have a responsibility to ensure that your building complies with the rules and regulations regarding fire and building safety.
At Fireaway Building Compliance, we provide services for fire protection in Auckland that are designed to ensure that you meet these demands and requirements. In fact, if you are looking to improve the fire safety in your commercial property, here are our top tips on how to do this:
1) Establish Fire Safety Rules
This is particularly important if your building uses a kitchen – fire safety rules are essential to making sure that persons within the building are aware of what to do in the event of a fire. For employees, they should be properly trained and made aware of the necessary steps in preventing and dealing with accidental fires.
2) Creating Evacuation Plans
Evacuation plans are an excellent way to improve your building’s fire safety by ensuring that all persons within the building are able to safely evacuate should a fire break out. Evacuation plans are recommended (and required) for commercial properties where 10 or more people work, or 100 or more people gather regularly. These evacuation plans should be reviewed and updated periodically, to maximise effectiveness and safety of all persons that use the building.
3) Fire Extinguishers
Implementing fire extinguishers is key to improving fire safety. While most commercial buildings will already have fire extinguishers, it’s also important that you schedule fire extinguisher maintenance to make sure that they still function appropriately when needed.
4) Regular Inspection and Maintenance
In the same vein as above, regular inspection and maintenance of other fire protection equipment, as well as specified systems (such as lifts), can help improve your building’s fire safety tenfold. By regularly inspecting and checking the functionality of these systems and equipment, you are confirming that they are safe to use – which can be useful in the event of a fire or other emergency.
Are you interested in professional fire protection in Auckland to ensure that your commercial building meets the legal requirements for health and fire safety? If so, then Fireaway has got you covered with our range of fire protection services to improve your building’s fire safety. Get in touch with us today to learn more about our offerings.