Hotel Reception

Introduction

Fires occur each week on premises where staff are working and customers or visitors are present.  Many, fortunately, are quite small and can be dealt with quickly.  Others lead to tragic loss of life, personal injury and devastation of property.

The commonest causes of fires are misuse of electrical or heating equipment and carelessly discarded cigarettes.  People are often the link needed to start a fire - by acting negligently, by leaving rubbish around, or by being lazy and taking shortcuts in work methods.

There are three ingredients needed to make a fire:

The receptionist should follow strict procedures in the workplace to ensure that they never meet.