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Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Container Fire Behaviour Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed:

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA03 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

Likelihood Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Responsible Person

Hot and Humid atmospheres

Heat illness, (Stroke, Syncope, Exhaustion)

Wholetime Retained Public Instructors

Gauges to monitor temperature, Humidity. Training. P.P.E. Instructors. Written S.O.P.

Course Director

Hot surfaces

Wet and Dry burns

Wholetime Retained Public Instructors

Warning Signage outside, P.P.E. First Aid kit and water gel available, arrangements for calling ambulance

Course Director

Container Fire Behaviour Training

Gravel, Uneven surfaces. Slips, Trips and falls

Arm, leg injuries

Wholetime Retained Public Instructors

Tarmac area outside containers. Housekeeping.

Course Director

Combustion products in and around containers during training Lung damage exercises (burns). (Phosgene, Formaldehyde)

Wholetime Retained Public Instructors

Full SCBA and PPE to be used in the vicinity of container during Burns.

Course Director

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Container Fire Behaviour Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed:

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA03 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

Likelihood Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Responsible Person

Warping and rusting of Doors and fixtures leading Serious injury to loss of egress and uncontrolled conditions

Wholetime Retained Public Instructors

Recorded maintenance and housekeeping. Written S.O.P.

Course Director

Lack of sufficient Lighting

Risk of injury when handling materials, loading/unloadi ng. Risk of vehicular injury

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Installation of area lighting, fixed lighting in storage container and portable lighting for loading of fire containers

Course Director

Container Fire Behaviour Training

Lack of electrical power supply

Wholetime Retained Unsafe system Non Service of trimming Personnel sheets for fire Public load Instructors

Installation of 120 volt power supply ( 55 volt centre tapped to earth)

Course Director

Uncontrolled exposure to excessively Wholetime Lack of audible hazardous Retained emergency warning conditions Instructors device leading to heat illness and injury

Provision of audible warning devices (2 compressed air foghorn type devices) for use as specified in S.O.P

Course Director

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Container Fire Behaviour Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed: Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA03 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

Likelihood Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Responsible Person

Lack of properly applied P.P.E

Risk of serious burns and lung damage due to exposure to heat and inhalation of hot gases

Minimum requirement for external P.P.E. is B.S.E.N. 469 and positive pressure SCBA Appropriate layered clothing should be worn underneath

Course Director

Dust

Lung Damage

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Instructors

Dust masks for students, respirators for instructors and student instructors due to increased exposure

Course Director

Container Fire Behaviour Training Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Instructors Eight Students to three instructors ratio should be maintained

Student / Instructor Serious injury ratio

Course Director

Use of flammable liquids in lecture room. (Carmody Kit)

Serious injury

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Competent instructors. Minimum required amounts of flammable liquids to be present in lecture room, excess to be stored in flammable liquid stores. Written S.O.P

Course Director

Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Training Activities - Container Fire Behaviour Countersigned: Risk Exposure Hazard Identified Persons who may be Exposed: Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Assessment By:

Assessment Date: Risk Rating

REF NO: TA03 After Risk Reduction

Activity

Existing Controls

Likelihood

Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls (Long/medium/short term)

Likelihood Severity

Overall Risk Rating

Responsible Person

Use of flammable gas and aquarium unit

Serious injury

Gas cylinder to be stored in purpose built stores unless aquarium is in use. Room to be well vented during use and connection/disconnection. S.O.P

Course Director

Container Fire Behaviour Training

Formaldehyde given off by glue in chipboard during Lung damage storage and burning

Wholetime Retained Non Service Personnel Public Instructors

Storage container to be well vented with doors open prior to entry. Fire container should not be re-entered after fire for at least two hours unless SCBA is worn

Course Director

Wholetime Chimney operating Arm injury nips/ Retained mechanism pinches

Change operating mechanism to an ergonomic operation

Course Director