Fred Evans

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7 Important Checks – Fire Safety in Care Homes

By Fred Evans / 23 July 2019 / Comments Off on 7 Important Checks – Fire Safety in Care Homes

Fire safety is crucial in care homes where vulnerable occupants live. The emergency evacuation procedure of a care home needs to be carefully planned for occupants who are less mobile and unable to evacuate the building without assistance. At night in an emergency, this can be particularly difficult because often there are less carers working…

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Three must-haves for Fire Safety in Retail Stores

By Fred Evans / 11 June 2019 / Comments Off on Three must-haves for Fire Safety in Retail Stores

In the UK between April 2012 – March 2013, there were 22,500 fires recorded on commercial properties. If you are an owner of a retail outlet, your daily jobs list is likely to keep you and your staff busy. However, it is ultimately the owner’s job to make sure that the correct fire safety equipment…

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Is your place of work safe from common causes of fire?

By Fred Evans / 1 October 2018 / Comments Off on Is your place of work safe from common causes of fire?

Fire Guard Services have been in the fire safety and prevention industry for over 20 years and have helped hundreds of business owners and their employees by giving them the life-saving knowledge on fire safety with our fire safety training courses. Unfortunately, every now and again, our IOSH qualified Fire Risk Assessors come across some…

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Are you compliant with the Fire Safety Order?

By Fred Evans / 10 September 2018 / Comments Off on Are you compliant with the Fire Safety Order?

Fire Guard Services Ltd have been promoting fire safety, ever since the birth of the company. The Fire Safety Order 2005 has forced business owners to make sure that they have taken reasonable steps to reduce the risk from fire and to ensure that people can escape the premises safely if a fire was to…

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Are your premises safe from potential fire hazards?

By Fred Evans / 20 August 2018 / Comments Off on Are your premises safe from potential fire hazards?

Ensuring the safety of your premises and colleagues from a fire is an important step that must be taken when running a business, no matter the size and scale. Our customers quite often inform us that having a fire risk assessment and ensuring it is up to date can be time consuming and costly. However,…

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Why it’s important to plan your Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP)

By Fred Evans / 7 August 2018 / Comments Off on Why it’s important to plan your Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP)

A fire can occur at any time, in any place, and can put the lives of you and the people around you at risk. However, in a lot of cases, people don’t completely understand what to do if a fire does occur. Planning out a Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (or FEEP) is one of the…

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Your phone charger could be a life threatening hazard. Here’s why…

By Fred Evans / 2 July 2018 / Comments Off on Your phone charger could be a life threatening hazard. Here’s why…

There have been a large number of deaths in England in recently where phone chargers have been the suspected cause of a fire. Recently, there have been a surge of fake mobile phone chargers. People see these phone chargers as a bargain and purchase them, not realising how dangerous they can be. Fire Guard Services…

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Could a lack of fire safety training be risking lives in your business?

By Fred Evans / 12 June 2018 / Comments Off on Could a lack of fire safety training be risking lives in your business?

A fire can devastate a business in minutes At Fire Guard Services Ltd, we understand the substantial impact a fire can have on a business and its employees. Unfortunately, many business owners learn the hard way that fire safety training could have potentially saved their business. A serious fire can really make or break a business.…

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