Regular Fire Drill can Prevent and Save Lives from Inferno

How to prevent and save lives in case of sudden fire?

Awareness on fire safety standards and procedures among workers and regular fire drill activities by competent fire safety professionals in residential towers, commercial buildings and industrial clusters can minimise the chance of fire and in case of inferno, one can minimize the losses and damages.

It’s become a mandatory regulation for companies housed in commercial towers and manufacturing industries to have fire safety equipments fitted at strategic places so that they can be put to use to extinguish fire. Several lives can be saved if adequate fire preparedness is in place and workers are trained to deal with emergency situation.

Fire safety drill is one of the most common safety practices to be followed at all workplaces at regular intervals by competent HSE professionals having experience in fire safety procedures and guidelines.

Fire drill, conducted by fire safety professionals, need to follow certain procedures before starting their mock operations. They first have to analyse the fire risk factors associated with the building concerned and take necessary safety audit such as number of incumbents, functioning of fire safety exits, emergency evacuation facility, quality and condition of fire safety equipments and machinery and awareness and expertise of fire safety personnel associated with the place.

The residents or workers of the building should be informed well in advance about the start and end date of fire drill so that people can plan their daily activities without any hindrance.

Regular fire drill has many advantages associated with it.

As the whole event is going to be a mock exercise by fire safety officials, people would get firsthand knowledge on fire safety procedures and practices to be followed in case of fire, preventive measures, how to use fire safety equipments such as hand-held fire extinguishers and how to save lives by evacuating the affected through emergency doors and understanding of fire safety regulations.

For workplaces, safety managers are responsible for the overall safety of workers. Since, occupational fire safety is a specialised field, employers prefer people with adequate knowledge and compatibility to safeguard men and machinery from fire by devising sustainable safety standards.

Institutions such as Green World Group, which has been in the forefront of educating students and workers on workplace safety and counselling industries to have reliable safety environment, is conducting Diploma in Fire Safety course which can be joined by anyone who has interest and focus to become fire safety officers. GWG offering health and safety courses such as NEBOSH, IOSH,Rospa etc.