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Understanding Your Building: Fire Safety Essentials for Care Settings

In this practical 45-minute webinar, we’ll explore the key fire safety features found in care settings, their role in protecting residents and staff, and how to ensure they remain effective.

What we cover:

Whether you’re responsible for compliance, people management or day-to-day operations, this session will help you better understand your building from a fire safety perspective.

We’ll cover:

Understanding compartmentation and why it matters.

Fire doors, fire alarm and detection systems.

The role of passive and active fire protection measures.

Emergency lighting and escape routes.

Building layout considerations and evacuation challenges.

Identifying and reporting fire safety defects.

The insurance implications of poor maintenance, defects and material changes to a property.

Why accurate information about your premises and fire safety matters to insurers.


Gain a better understanding of the fire safety features within your building, learn how to spot potential issues early, and feel more confident in taking the right actions to maintain a safe and compliant environment.

Leave with a clearer understanding of how your building supports fire safety and the practical actions you can take to help protect residents, staff and visitors.

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Date: 5th Nov 2026

Time: 12:30 PM

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Meet the speakers:

Russell Corlett

Health & Safety Director

Russell is an experienced health, safety, and risk leader with over 25 years of experience spanning manufacturing, financial services, events, and consultancy. At Omny, he ensures businesses meet the highest safety standards, keeping people protected and operations running smoothly.

His expertise includes strategic planning, risk management, and building high-performing safety teams. He has worked across diverse sectors, from overseeing public safety at major events to leading large-scale safety operations for national organisations.

With a sharp focus on compliance, culture, and continuous improvement, Russell is committed to making safety a seamless part of business operations—helping teams work smarter, safer, and with confidence.

Kevin Bennett

Head of Fire Safety

Kevin is a National individually Accredited Fire Risk Assessor, certificated door inspector and Division Head of Fire Safety; experienced in senior management, planning, auditing of fire safety roles within executive, defence, and civilian consultancy networks.

Jade Concannon

Claims & Risk Manager, Quality Care Group

Jade Concannon is the Claims & Risk Manager at Quality Care Group, one of the UK’s leading specialist insurance brokers to the health and social care sector. She works closely with care providers across the UK to help them identify, manage and reduce operational risks while supporting organisations through complex insurance claims when incidents occur.

Jade has extensive experience supporting care providers following serious incidents including fire, liability claims and regulatory investigations. Her role focuses on helping organisations strengthen their risk management procedures, protect residents and staff and ensure they are properly supported if the unexpected happens.