Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness Audit – Care Homes
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0 Yes •0 No •0 N/A •34 Unanswered
Answers Overview
Questions
0/34 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Are the Responsible Person for fire safety, delegated duties and arrangements for competent advice clearly identified, with management and Responsible Individual oversight?
Evidence to check
- • Recorded Responsible Person, delegated responsibilities and competent-advice arrangements
- • Management and Responsible Individual reviews of fire-safety responsibilities
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Risk assessment: Is there a suitable, recorded fire-risk assessment completed by a competent person that reflects the building, people living there, staffing and current activities?
Evidence to check
- • Current recorded fire-risk assessment and evidence of assessor competence
- • Building information, dependency assessments and shift arrangements considered in the assessment
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Review and action: Is the fire-risk assessment reviewed when circumstances change or concerns arise, with prioritised actions, interim controls and evidence that outstanding risks are resolved?
Evidence to check
- • Review history, risk-prioritised action tracker and interim control records
- • Completion evidence and rechecks confirming identified risks were addressed
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ4 | Unanswered
Evacuation strategy: Is the home's evacuation strategy documented and supported by competent assessment of the building's fire protection, residents' needs and the staff available on every shift?
Evidence to check
- • Documented evacuation strategy and competent assessment of its suitability
- • Evidence linking building protection, residents' needs and staffing to the strategy
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ5 | Unanswered
Individual evacuation plans: Does each person who needs assistance have an up-to-date personal emergency evacuation plan covering mobility, cognition, sensory needs, communication, equipment and staff assistance?
Evidence to check
- • Current personal emergency evacuation plans for people needing assistance
- • Individual assessments covering assistance, communication, equipment and staff requirements
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ6 | Unanswered
Changing needs: Are evacuation plans reviewed on admission and after changes in dependency, room location, equipment or health, with current instructions available to staff who need them?
Evidence to check
- • Admission and change-triggered evacuation plan reviews
- • Checks showing staff have access to current room-specific and individual instructions
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ7 | Unanswered
Staffing and response: Can the staff actually available, including at night and during breaks, carry out the evacuation strategy and individual plans while supporting other residents safely?
Evidence to check
- • Actual staffing rosters, shift roles and emergency deployment assessments
- • Drill or simulation findings showing plans can be delivered with available staff
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ8 | Unanswered
Escape routes: Are escape routes, exits and places of safety clearly identified, accessible and unobstructed, with exit-security arrangements compatible with safe escape?
Evidence to check
- • Escape-route and exit checks, including security-release arrangements
- • Observations and corrective actions for obstructions or inaccessible routes
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ9 | Unanswered
Fire doors: Are fire doors, closers, seals and any approved hold-open devices checked and maintained, with defects addressed and doors protected from unauthorised alteration or wedging?
Evidence to check
- • Fire-door inspection, servicing and defect records
- • Observations of closers, seals, hold-open devices and action on wedging or alterations
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ10 | Unanswered
Compartmentation: Is the condition of fire-resisting walls, floors and service penetrations checked by competent persons where needed, including after works that could affect fire and smoke separation?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant compartmentation assessments and building or works records
- • Competent checks and remedial evidence for damaged barriers or service penetrations
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Image filesCameraQ11 | Unanswered
Detection and alarms: Are fire detection and alarm systems suitable for the home's risks and residents' needs, with recorded testing, servicing and prompt action on faults or repeated false alarms?
Evidence to check
- • Alarm and detection specifications, testing logs and servicing records
- • Fault and false-alarm reviews with corrective action and checks of suitability
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ12 | Unanswered
Emergency lighting and signs: Are emergency lighting and fire-safety signs suitable, visible and maintained, with testing and corrective action recorded?
Evidence to check
- • Emergency-lighting tests, servicing records and signage checks
- • Walkaround findings and evidence defects or visibility concerns were corrected
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Image filesCameraQ13 | Unanswered
Firefighting equipment: Is appropriate firefighting equipment provided and maintained, with staff understanding when its use is safe and when evacuation and raising the alarm take priority?
Evidence to check
- • Firefighting equipment provision and maintenance records
- • Staff training or discussion showing safe-use limits and evacuation priorities
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ14 | Unanswered
Suppression systems: Where fire-suppression systems are required or installed, are they maintained and checked by competent persons, with clear arrangements for faults, isolation and temporary loss of protection?
Evidence to check
- • Assessment of applicable suppression requirements and installed-system maintenance records
- • Fault, isolation and temporary-loss-of-protection procedures and associated actions
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ15 | Unanswered
System failure: Are failures of alarms, emergency lighting, fire doors or other critical fire protections risk assessed immediately, with competent advice, interim controls and escalation where safe operation is affected?
Evidence to check
- • Critical-system fault logs, immediate risk assessments and competent advice
- • Interim controls, escalation decisions and evidence protection was restored
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ16 | Unanswered
Ignition and fuel: Are electrical equipment, heating, cooking, laundry, waste and combustible storage managed to reduce fire risk, with unsafe items or practices promptly addressed?
Evidence to check
- • Checks of cooking, laundry, heating, electrical equipment and combustible storage
- • Maintenance, housekeeping and corrective-action records addressing fire hazards
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ17 | Unanswered
Smoking and personal items: Are smoking, vaping, charging devices and residents' personal electrical items managed through proportionate individual and environmental risk assessments?
Evidence to check
- • Individual smoking, vaping and device-use risk assessments
- • Observations of smoking areas, charging arrangements and controls for personal electrical items
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ18 | Unanswered
Oxygen and emollients: Where oxygen or emollient products are used, are relevant fire risks assessed and explained, with safe storage, handling and controls around ignition sources?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant oxygen and emollient fire-risk assessments and care instructions
- • Storage checks, staff knowledge and accessible risk information given to residents
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ19 | Unanswered
Contractors and works: Are contractor activities, hot work and building alterations controlled so they do not compromise fire protection, escape routes or residents' safety?
Evidence to check
- • Contractor risk assessments, hot-work controls and work authorisations where applicable
- • Checks before and after works showing fire protection and escape routes remain effective
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ20 | Unanswered
Evacuation equipment: Is assessed evacuation equipment readily available, maintained and suitable for the people and routes involved, with staff competent to use it?
Evidence to check
- • Assessed equipment provision, location, checks and maintenance records
- • Staff competency assessments and safe practice with evacuation equipment
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ21 | Unanswered
Training and induction: Do permanent, agency, temporary and new staff receive role-appropriate fire and emergency instruction before working unsupervised, with competence and refresher needs reviewed?
Evidence to check
- • Induction, agency briefing, training and refresher records
- • Role-based competency checks and discussions confirming staff understand emergency actions
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ22 | Unanswered
Drills and exercises: Are realistic drills or safe simulations undertaken across relevant shifts, including night-time scenarios, with learning recorded and actions checked without exposing residents to avoidable risk?
Evidence to check
- • Drill or simulation records covering relevant shifts and scenarios
- • Safety arrangements, debriefs and evidence improvement actions were completed
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ23 | Unanswered
Accessible information: Do residents and visitors receive understandable information about alarms, assistance and emergency arrangements, adapted to language and communication needs?
Evidence to check
- • Accessible resident and visitor information and individual communication arrangements
- • Feedback or discussions confirming people understand alarms and how to obtain assistance
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ24 | Unanswered
Emergency coordination: Do staff know how to raise the alarm, call emergency services, coordinate the response and provide responders with current building and resident information securely?
Evidence to check
- • Emergency response procedures, designated roles and information for responders
- • Staff demonstrations or exercise findings confirming alarm, call-out and coordination arrangements
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ25 | Unanswered
Accounting for people: Are there reliable arrangements to account for residents, staff and visitors during an emergency, communicate missing-person concerns and prevent unsafe re-entry?
Evidence to check
- • Current resident, staff and visitor accounting arrangements
- • Exercise findings covering missing persons, responder communication and re-entry controls
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Image filesCameraQ26 | Unanswered
Continuity plans: Is there a current emergency and business-continuity plan covering foreseeable disruption such as fire, flooding, severe weather, utility loss, infection outbreak, staffing shortages and failure of essential systems?
Evidence to check
- • Current emergency and business-continuity plans and scenario risk assessments
- • Review records showing plans reflect the home's people, services and dependencies
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ27 | Unanswered
Essential care: Do contingency arrangements maintain medicines, food, water, warmth, hygiene, communication and essential equipment, with individual clinical or support needs addressed?
Evidence to check
- • Contingency arrangements for essential supplies, utilities, medicines and equipment
- • Individual support requirements and evidence backup arrangements are usable
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ28 | Unanswered
Relocation: If the home becomes unsafe or unusable, are suitable transport, temporary accommodation and care handover arrangements available, including support for people with complex needs?
Evidence to check
- • Transport, temporary accommodation and care handover arrangements
- • Checks of availability and suitability for residents' assessed needs
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ29 | Unanswered
Emergency contacts: Are escalation contacts, on-call responsibilities, alternative communication methods and arrangements for informing families, commissioners and relevant authorities current and accessible?
Evidence to check
- • Current contact lists, on-call arrangements and communication procedures
- • Contact checks and exercises covering families, commissioners and relevant authorities
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Image filesCameraQ30 | Unanswered
Records and supplies: Are essential care information, emergency supplies and backup arrangements available when ordinary records, IT systems or suppliers cannot be accessed?
Evidence to check
- • Essential-record access plans, emergency supply checks and backup procedures
- • Evidence information and supplies remain available during IT, access or supplier disruption
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ31 | Unanswered
Testing preparedness: Are wider emergency plans exercised or tested, with assumptions about suppliers, transport, relocation, staffing and backup systems checked and weaknesses corrected?
Evidence to check
- • Emergency exercise records and checks with key suppliers or support organisations
- • Debriefs, corrected assumptions and rechecks of identified weaknesses
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Image filesCameraQ32 | Unanswered
Incidents and notifications: Are fires, emergency incidents, drills, equipment tests and remedial actions recorded, with required notifications to CIW and other relevant authorities made promptly?
Evidence to check
- • Fire, emergency, drill and equipment-test logs with remedial action records
- • Notification assessments, submissions and evidence required recipients were informed promptly
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ33 | Unanswered
Recovery and learning: After an emergency or serious near miss, are residents and staff supported, recovery risks assessed and lessons used to update plans, training and preventive measures?
Evidence to check
- • Post-incident reviews, resident and staff support records and recovery assessments
- • Updated plans, training and preventive actions with follow-up on effectiveness
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Image filesCameraQ34 | Unanswered
Leadership assurance: Do managers and the Responsible Individual review fire-safety findings and emergency readiness, allocate resources and track improvements through the quality of care review?
Evidence to check
- • Management and Responsible Individual reports and quality-of-care reviews
- • Resource decisions and action tracking showing fire and emergency risks are addressed
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