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Fire drills

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Almighty1
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Almighty1 »

TeeferTiger wrote:
Almighty1 wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:Persons who are asleep at the time of a fire are particularly vulnerable

:hmmmm
Your wasted as a Postman, i see a future manager in the making here :cuppa
Why? because he can read and then copy and paste from an document? Specifically "Q.3.4 sleeping accommodation"
wasn't aware RM sorting offices had sleep quarters.. plenty of crayons :left: but not sleeping accommodation :cuppa
Straight4ward
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Straight4ward »

Almighty1 wrote:
TeeferTiger wrote:
Almighty1 wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:Persons who are asleep at the time of a fire are particularly vulnerable

:hmmmm
Your wasted as a Postman, i see a future manager in the making here :cuppa
Why? because he can read and then copy and paste from an document? Specifically "Q.3.4 sleeping accommodation"
wasn't aware RM sorting offices had sleep quarters.. plenty of crayons :left: but not sleeping accommodation :cuppa
I guess you haven't visited a mail centre yet? :chuckle
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
Almighty1
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Almighty1 »

Straight4ward wrote:
Almighty1 wrote:
TeeferTiger wrote:
Almighty1 wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:Persons who are asleep at the time of a fire are particularly vulnerable

:hmmmm
Your wasted as a Postman, i see a future manager in the making here :cuppa
Why? because he can read and then copy and paste from an document? Specifically "Q.3.4 sleeping accommodation"
wasn't aware RM sorting offices had sleep quarters.. plenty of crayons :left: but not sleeping accommodation :cuppa
I guess you haven't visited a mail centre yet? :chuckle
thinking about it... you look down our IPS isle and your be lucky if you find any of us posties even close to being awake, or WTLL for that matter!!
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Lounge Lizard »

No fire alarm, so no fire alam test, no red fire safety folder, no rules on evacuation, no fire drills, no roll calls, no fire assembly point, no dedicated fire marshalls :shock: but it is a very small office :Very Happy
Blue29
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Blue29 »

Lounge Lizard wrote:No fire alarm, so no fire alam test, no red fire safety folder, no rules on evacuation, no fire drills, no roll calls, no fire assembly point, no dedicated fire marshalls :shock: but it is a very small office :Very Happy

only a tiny wee fire is possible obviously - about the size of a fag end perhaps
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Blue29 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:No fire alarm, so no fire alam test, no red fire safety folder, no rules on evacuation, no fire drills, no roll calls, no fire assembly point, no dedicated fire marshalls :shock: but it is a very small office :Very Happy

only a tiny wee fire is possible obviously - about the size of a fag end perhaps
Agreed :Very Happy but the smokers smoke outside ( even when it's cold ) :Very Happy
Would you have a whole list of fire procedures for the shed in your back garden ? :crazy: If the answer is 'no' then surely there's not much need for them in a Delivery Office that's not much bigger :Very Happy .
Blue29
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Blue29 »

Lounge Lizard wrote:
Blue29 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:No fire alarm, so no fire alam test, no red fire safety folder, no rules on evacuation, no fire drills, no roll calls, no fire assembly point, no dedicated fire marshalls :shock: but it is a very small office :Very Happy

only a tiny wee fire is possible obviously - about the size of a fag end perhaps
Agreed :Very Happy but the smokers smoke outside ( even when it's cold ) :Very Happy
Would you have a whole list of fire procedures for the shed in your back garden ? :crazy: If the answer is 'no' then surely there's not much need for them in a Delivery Office that's not much bigger :Very Happy .
The answer is no. But then my shed isn't choc full of specials and insured mail. I'd be betting there is a fire risk assessment in existence for your micro office and best practice might suggest it's available to those who work within. Since your office seems to be as big as a punch and judy show, it may be being stored off site to save space. :nana
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Fire drills

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Blue29 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Blue29 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:No fire alarm, so no fire alam test, no red fire safety folder, no rules on evacuation, no fire drills, no roll calls, no fire assembly point, no dedicated fire marshalls :shock: but it is a very small office :Very Happy

only a tiny wee fire is possible obviously - about the size of a fag end perhaps
Agreed :Very Happy but the smokers smoke outside ( even when it's cold ) :Very Happy
Would you have a whole list of fire procedures for the shed in your back garden ? :crazy: If the answer is 'no' then surely there's not much need for them in a Delivery Office that's not much bigger :Very Happy .
The answer is no. But then my shed isn't choc full of specials and insured mail. I'd be betting there is a fire risk assessment in existence for your micro office and best practice might suggest it's available to those who work within. Since your office seems to be as big as a punch and judy show, it may be being stored off site to save space. :nana
Maybe several specials and insured mail each morning but they're only there for a couple of hours, and I don't know of a fire risk assessment or any other assessment.
keithposty
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Re: Fire drills

Post by keithposty »

asking the obvious

do any of your offices have a H&S REP
fire marshals

i would be contacting the branch to find out what the hell the ASR is playing at

what people fail to realise is the legal requirements of a fire action plan policy

whay are not the DOMs USING IT

i would get the office rep to warn the dom of the falings and request action within 14 days to get a policy together

if that fails put in a stage 1 disagreement

royal mail have a legal obligation for a fire policy under the H&S at work act 1974
Blue29
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Re: Fire drills

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keithposty wrote:asking ... 1974
yup.