Sector: Fire Risk Management

In the latest of our back-to-basics series exploring core OSH topics, we focus on understanding the IOSH Fire Risk Management Group’s five current principles of fire safety.

The reception examined what the fire-related challenges and opportunities are in the built environment in today’s world and explored the role of OSH professionals in prevention and ensuring there are mechanisms in place to protect workers should an incident happen. Gary Laird, Chair of IOSH's Fire Risk Management Group, said it is important that planners and designers – faced with meeting societal needs and expectations for growth – consult OSH professionals on fire safety from the outset of construction projects.