What if the Worst Happened? Fire Prevention in the UK Hotel Sector

According to the UK Home Office, there were 596 fires in hotels or guest houses between April 2015 and March 2016 in England alone. Fortunately, this resulted in only one fatality but there were still 47 casualties requiring hospital treatment as a direct result of these incidents.
 
These numbers sound small but imagine if this happened in the hotel where you are the FSO nominated Responsible Person.  The resulting investigations will involve a great deal more than having to answer a few awkward questions, as evidence will be required to prove that you carry out your compliance checks on a regular basis. By this, we mean that you will need to be able to show that…

• Adequate fire risk assessments were carried out on an annual basis;
• Fire alarms and emergency lighting were working;
• Competent person(s) had been allocated;
• Emergency exits and signage were clearly visible;
• Furniture and furnishings that meet (Fire Safety) Regulations 1998 were in place;
• All fire doors were closed, working and accessible;
• The fire sprinkler systems were functional;
• Fire extinguishers were present, working and in the right place;
• You have conducted regular…
  • PAC tests;
  • Health & safety checks;
  • Fire-walks;
  • Night security checks;
  • CCTV camera checks.

Of course, you do all of the above on a regular basis, because you are a professional business operating in a sector where customer satisfaction, along with their personal safety and that of your staff, is of paramount importance and cannot be ignored.
But if the worst has happened, we must assume firstly that something has gone wrong (either in terms of process or equipment), also that much of the compliance documentation that you were in the habit of keeping so diligently may have been destroyed in its entirety. Your insurance will cover the cost of the physical damage all being well, but what about any third-party litigation claims or prosecutions that you may have to endure?
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TourTrax provides a solution to ensure that all of the above checks are recorded and backed up automatically. All you need to do is instruct your competent persons to touch a basic Android smartphone to strategically placed RFID tags, on a regular basis. Information is then sent to a Microsoft Azure secure remote server, which is fully mirrored and backed-up. You can access this information daily if you like, just for peace of mind. But then if your worst nightmare becomes a reality? Well it just might keep you out of jail.
We can also set the system to alert you when ANY of the above activities have not happened as regularly, or at the times that you have specified that they should.
All this will cost you little more than the savings we will make using our specialist brokers and underwriters to lower your annual insurance premiums. So, ask yourself… why on earth wouldn’t you?
For more information or a demo call Richard Dickety on 01634 757 088 or email rdickety@tourtrax.ca.

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