Fire risk assessments for care homes need to consider the specific fire safety needs of residents in the care home, as they may require assistance to leave the building in the event of a fire.
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
The fire safety plan for each resident will be an individual PEEP (Personal Emergency Evocation Plan) based on their actual mobility and cognitive function. The PEEPs will need to be reviewed when a resident’s condition has changed and this can be outside of the yearly fire safety assessment. The official fire safety guide for residential care premises outlines what information needs to be included on the PEEPs.
Compartmentation and Fire Doors
Fire risk assessments for care homes, particularly older properties, often reveal compromise to compartmentation. Gaps around pipework, poor fitting of fire doors, poor quality glazing and other defects can be revealed when undertaking a fire risk assessment.
Detection in Resident Rooms
There are various types of fire detection available, including some that provide enhanced alerting for individuals who are hard of hearing or have been left heavily sedated. It may be necessary to specify the use of enhanced alerting systems in the fire risk assessment for individual resident rooms. If you want Fire Risk Assessment Milton Keynes, isefireproducts.co.uk/fire-risk-assessments/milton-keynes/ is a good place to start.
Night Shift and Staffing Levels
Additionally a staged evacuation and full evacuation will need to be tested with the number of staff on night shift. And also check that all the staff have been given the relevant training and that the records are up to date.
Reassessment After Dependency Changes
This is particularly relevant if the number of residents who have high levels of dependency has increased significantly. A review of the existing fire risk assessment would be required. Fire risk assessments for Milton Keynes care homes.
Getting the assessment right the first time saves a lot of problems further down the line.