Fire Policy

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POLICY INFORMATION

Version	1.1
Last Approved	May 2026
Next Review Due	May 2027
Last Updated	17/07/26
Policy Owner	Nick Ralph
Applies To	All Staff
Approval Authority	Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery
Staff Acknowledgement Required	Yes
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Introduction

The company is required to have a Fire Policy under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO)

The primary objectives of the policy are:

To minimise the incidence of fire within premises
To avoid risks
To evaluate risks which cannot be avoided
Developing a coherent overall prevention policy which covers technology, organisation of work, and the influence of factors relating to the working environment.
To minimise the impact of fire on life safety, delivery of service, the environment and property.
To ensure effective communication of the policy
To ensure training requirements are detailed

Responsibilities

As the Executive Director, Nick Ralph is responsible where appropriate, for ensuring that current fire legislation is met, they are known as the responsible person for this document. Appropriate fire safety policies and programmes of work are to be in place to improve and maintain fire precautions within the premises.

The responsible person is to ensure that they have appropriate assurance that the requirements of current fire safety legislation are met and has appointed Joseph Wright to be the Fire Safety Officer for Paint Pots to ensure that this is the case. The responsible person is to ensure required investments for fire precautions are included in the annual business plan.

The manager will undertake fire warden training and be the Senior Fire Warden for the setting taking responsibility for supervising the day-to-day fire precautions within their premises and ensuring that all staff understand the procedures and receive regular fire training.

All staff that undertake Fire Warden training must understand the responsibility they have in the absence of the setting manager and/or deputy and be competent to act accordingly in an emergency. It is the setting’s Senior Fire Warden responsibility to ensure that if they are absent from the setting that another staff member has carried out in date training and happy to be held accountable.

The Policy

The following items detail our considerations as required under the legislation: