Lockton Health and Safety Manual

The Role of the Fire Marshal/Warden  Within Lockton the role of the fire marshal is limited to ensuring  that, so far as is reasonably practicable, that in the event of a  emergency situation occurring all staff in the area under the control  of the Fire Warden are evacuated from the building safely and that  the Fire Warden does not put themselves in a position of greater risk  in undertaking the role. Once staff, visitors and contractors are at the  assembly point the Fire Warden shall serve as the communication  link between the staff and Fire Brigade and the building Facilities  manager.   Once the Fire Brigade, or other suitably qualified and identified  persons have confirmed that it is safe the Fire Marshal shall control  the re‐entry process into the building.   In the event that the situation continues and staff have to be moved  to a further temporary location the supervision of this shall be  undertaken by the Fire Warden.   Who is a Fire Marshal/Warden  A Fire Marshal is a volunteer from with the Lockton staff who has  successfully undertaken a training program nominated by Lockton  for Fire Wardens. The person is required to act in accordance with  the training when meeting the Fire Warden Role. The training shall  be recorded in a central record and retraining shall be undertaken at  times to be identified by Lockton.   Fire Marshal/Warden Training  This will consist of an internally provided on‐line training course. All  Fire Marshals will be sent a link to the program and are required to  complete the online training and the test at the end of it.  The system is run by an administrator who will review the training  and request retraining every 48 months for the marshals.

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