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Before going to sleep at night most people lock their doors and check their windows.  However, there are other nightly routines that could save your family’s life. Nightly Safety Rituals kids should do Before the kids go to bed, they need to clear their floor of toys and obstacles. Toys may become trip hazards should […]

Building Fire & Safety Regulation 2008 and AS3745 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities states that businesses must have evacuation signs and diagrams and stipulates what must and what could be on the diagrams. One thing to note though, is that diagrams do not expire.  There are some companies who put a validity date on the […]

When businesses burn down they have not just lost their physical assets, they have lost customers and their staff in many cases lose their jobs. That is quite apart from the psychological damage that has been caused by the fire.  UBC Faculty of Medicine states that “The impact (of fire) varies according to a range of […]

Podcast with Janeen Vosper and Guest Speaker Corrina Lindby Having provided safety advice to business for seven years, Corrina Lindby sees risks everywhere. Whether a sole trader, start-up, a small or large business, Work Health & Safety issues should important to all. Were you aware that every business MUST complete a Hazard and Risk Assessment […]

I was working with a national client to implement consistent general evacuation training. A branch manager refuted the need for ALL his staff to do general evacuation training.  He insisted he only needed one chief warden trained.  His argument was that AS3745 states SHOULD do general evacuation training not MUST. Therefore he believed his staff […]