Example exam questions for Chapter

Outline the main heaith and safety issues to be inciuded in an induction training programme 

Identify EiGHT sources of information that might usefuiiy be consuited when deveioping a safe system of work. 

Previous chapters have discussed the overaii management issues that need to be addressed if a coherent safety management system is to be estabiished and impiemented in an organisation. As this book is primariiy focused upon fire safety management and its principies, a key eiement that must be addressed is ensuring an underpinning knowiedge of the principles of fire and expiosion this chapter will concentrate on these areas. 

An understanding of the principles are critical to identifying how a fire will start and spread, the former of which are known as primary fire hazards, each of which has the ability to initiate or start a fire, or exacerbate a fire. These elements will be required when completing a fire risk assessment. 

Explosion and fire are interlinked in that on many occasions fire occurs after an explosion, it is therefore essential that those involved with fire safety and risk management have a basic knowledge of the causes and properties of explosion, particularly in relation to processes involving gases and dusts. 

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