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Fire Protection Officer
Fire protection
Delegates
Fire protection is also occupational safety!
You can appoint a fire protection officer from brarbe for your company or authority in Frankfurt.
Our fire protection officer can advise you on the following topics:
- Inspection, analysis and maintenance of buildings
- Fire protection plan
- Fire Protection Regulations (Part A, B, C)
- Escape and rescue plans
- Instruction, extinguishing training, etc.
… for the individual determination of costs adapted to your company!
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Is a fire protection officer mandatory?
- The appointment of a fire protection officer can be mandatory for companies and authorities in Frankfurt. This obligation to appoint a fire protection officer can arise for various reasons.
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Mandatory case 1 (building law): The appointment of a fire protection officer is stipulated in building law, e.g. by a condition or by a building regulation (building code).
Companies and authorities in whose buildings and premises are often external persons (visitors and patients in hospitals, guests in restaurants and hotels, customers in sales outlets, etc.) are often obliged by law. As a rule, authorities always have a duty. -
Mandatory case 2 (occupational health and safety): An objective hazard analysis (the so-called risk assessment) shows that there is an increased risk of fire in the company or in the work activities. (e.g. woodworking company or work with highly flammable substances). If there is objectively an increased risk of fire or if this is recorded in the risk assessment, the appointment of a fire protection officer in Frankfurt is necessary and mandatory.
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Insured event: An insurance company (accident insurer, building insurer, etc.) contractually requires a fire protection officer. If the policyholder has not appointed a fire protection officer, there is a breach of duty and the insurer is not obliged to compensate for the damage.
Mandatory in case of increased fire risk!
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The obligation to appoint a fire protection officer is only specifically and unambiguously regulated in the building regulations and building application notices in Frankfurt.
Otherwise, an obligation results from the risk assessment if it detects an increased risk of fire and people.
There is always an increased risk to human life in buildings with many external persons (e.g. sales outlets or hospitals)
Important: In the aftermath of a fire, an authority/insurance company can investigate whether there was an increased fire risk or whether the risk assessment was reliably prepared and a fire protection officer was required.
The fire risk could be made dependent on two factors as a guideline:
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Probability that a fire will occur (the higher the number of employees, the higher the probability)
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Extent of possible damage (expected damage): human lives, size of building, nearby buildings
Tasks of the fire protection officer in Frankfurt
Advice
- Advising the management on fire protection
- Training of the workforce with regard to fire protection, annual instruction
- Assessment of fire and explosion hazards in operation
- Maintenance of cooperation with authorities, fire brigade and employers' liability insurance association
Control
- Implementation of the created fire protection concept through regular inspections
- Control of employee instructions and qualifications, e.g. with regard to fire protection assistant training
- Monitoring of compliance with maintenance intervals or systems requiring maintenance such as fire doors/fire extinguishers, etc.
- Control of compliance with company regulations (free escape and rescue routes)
Planning
- Fire protection plans
- Fire Protection Regulations (Part A, B, C)
- Places of attachment of escape and rescue plans, emergency signage
- Fire protection equipment Inclusion in new buildings, conversions or extensions.
Training & further education at the brarbe-Institut
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Important to know:
All employees of the company must participate in an evacuation drill once a year.
The training to become a fire protection assistant must be refreshed every 3-5 years.One apprenticeship – two options: With us, you have the opportunity to decide whether you prefer to train your fire protection assistants directly at your company in Frankfurt and the surrounding area or in our training rooms or branches.
About us
Brarbe is a full-service provider for all matters concerning fire protection, occupational safety, and company or occupational medicine. We offer companies and public authorities all necessary services from a single source.
Organized, straightforward, efficient, modern, and with years of cross-industry experience!
We’d be happy to help you effectively market your occupational health and safety initiatives!
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Our goal is to centralize all the services we provide for you. For brarbe, it’s more efficient to work when we can provide comprehensive support for your business.
Contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation.
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