Fire Safety in Care Settings: Protecting Residents, Staff and Your Business
What Will You Learn?
Fire safety remains one of the most critical risks facing care providers. When incidents occur, the consequences can be devastating for residents, staff and the organisation itself.
What We’ll Cover
In this practical webinar, specialists from Quality Care Group and Omny will explore the real challenges care providers face when it comes to fire safety. From legal responsibilities and competency requirements through to evacuation planning, maintenance regimes and insurance implications, we will look at what good practice really looks like in a care setting.
Using real examples from the sector, including lessons learned from historic fire incidents, this session will highlight the importance of robust fire risk assessments, tested evacuation procedures and clear responsibilities across your team.
Whether you operate a single care home or manage multiple services, this session will provide valuable insight into protecting residents while safeguarding your business.
Date: 22nd April 2026
Time: 12:30 PM
Facilitators:
- Russell Corlett, H&S Director
- Kevin Bennett, Head of Fire Safety
- Jade Concannon, Claims & Risk Manager, Quality Care Group
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Date: 22nd April 2026 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM
During this session we will cover:
- The key fire safety responsibilities for care providers
- Why competency matters when it comes to fire risk assessments
- The biggest fire safety challenges faced by care homes
- Lessons learned from real incidents in the sector
- Common causes of fires in care settings
- The importance of testing evacuation procedures including PEEPs
- What happens from an insurance perspective after a fire
Meet the Speaker
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.
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.
Meet the Speaker
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.
During this webinar Jade will share insight into the insurance implications following a fire and what care providers should expect from insurers after a serious incident.