Fire Safety Fundamentals: Protecting Your People, Premises, and Profits – Watch On Demand
What Will You Learn?
🔥 Fire Safety Management: Protecting People, Premises & Profits
Effective fire safety management isn’t just a legal requirement – it’s a crucial part of keeping your people, premises, and business operations safe. Poor practices have contributed to many serious fires, but with the right systems in place, most incidents can be prevented – or quickly controlled to keep everyone safe.
Watch on demand for an informative session breaking down what good fire safety management really looks like and how to put it into practice.
What We Cover
🔍 Understanding Your Responsibilities
If you’re a Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, you have clear duties – from planning and organising fire safety measures to monitoring, maintaining, and reviewing them. We guide you through what the law expects in simple, practical terms.
👥 The Role of Employees
Creating a safe workplace is a shared responsibility. We explain how employees must support fire safety efforts and avoid actions that may put themselves or others at risk.
We demystify the core legal duties and discuss the benefits of having a structures Fire Safety Management System.
This session is ideal for business and property owners, directors with health and safety responsibilities, and senior managers overseeing property, fire, or safety operations.
Facilitators: Russell Corlett, Health & Safety Director, and Kevin Bennett, Head of Fire Safety
You will learn:
- The real benefits of having a structured Fire Safety Management System
- A deeper understanding of the role of the Responsible Person
- A clear and practical breakdown of your core legal duties
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Meet the Speaker
Russell Corlett
Director, Health & Safety
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.
Meet the Speaker
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.