Impact of Fire on Your Life and Business
By Lindby | | Safety | Fire training
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 […]
Firefighter thinks evacuation signs & diagrams are stupid
By Lindby | | Safety
But are they stupid? Over the years as a fire auditor I, have seen the good, the bad and the truly ugly evacuation Signs & Diagrams. Truthfully the worst ones I have seen were in child care centres. People often create emergency signs & diagrams with no understanding as to the purpose of fire evacuation […]
Discover why precautions are better than consequences
By Lindby | | Safety
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 […]
AS3745 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities needs to be changed
By Lindby | | Safety
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 […]
Failing to conduct a Risk Assessment could result in no insurance payout!
By Lindby | | Safety
What if you a computer caught fire in your office and you used a Dry Chemical Powder (DCP) Extinguisher instead of a Carbon Dioxide (C02) extinguisher. There is no problem with using the DCP extinguisher except if the powder got into other computers. This happened to a company. The staff used a DCP extinguisher on […]