Understanding the dual enforcement, risk based approach
Wednesday 8 September – Liverpool
Friday 3 December – London
A one–day workshop to tackle the riskbased approach to fire safety regulation in housing and the dual enforcement regime
Through tutorial sessions and hands-on case studies you will:
- Cut through the complex legal framework
- Understand fire risk assessments through a simple methodology
- Adopt practical fire safety solutions, appropriate to risk
- Discuss the contemporary approach to shared houses, single family dwellings, escape windows and other new approaches
Who should attend
Aimed at practitioners and their managers who deal with fire safety enforcement in housing day to day
Programme
- An overview of the legal framework and dual enforcement regime associated with fire safety enforcement in residential accommodation. How the fire safety protocol can make it work.
- Understanding the new risk based approach to fire safety, demystifying the concept and communicating with landlords General principles of fire risk reduction – the range of practical fire safety solutions and how they interact Fire Safety and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.
- Understanding some new approaches such as shared houses, single family homes, escape windows etc
- Case study workshops – some rolled-up sleeve, hands-on group work
- Kevin Thompson is the author of the national guidance on fire safety in residential accommodation produced by LACORS, CIEH and CFOA in 2008
Costs
Member: £155.00 + VAT = £182.13
Non Member: £210.00 + VAT = £246.75
The CIEH are pleased to offer organizations the opportunity to run this workshop in house.
This event is accredited with 5 hours of CIEH CPD.