by JCH Safety | Aug 26, 2024 | Building Maintenance, DSEAR Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
Leicester City is a vibrant, multicultural city with thriving education, business and cultural sectors. Health and safety benefits all these sectors and JCH Safety are on hand to assist your organisation to thrive through health and safety consultancy. Some key facts:...
by JCH Safety | Jun 24, 2024 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and Safety Prosecutions, Health and safety training, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments
Auditing art, design and technology departments within academies is crucial for several reasons. School health and safety auditing. Why it is important? This article is to help school leaders understand the critical role health and safety auditing can have. It is a...
by JCH Safety | May 21, 2024 | Building Maintenance, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Industrial Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments
Fire extinguishers are essential fire safety tools. They are crucial devices for aiding safe evacuation from buildings. They can also, under certain circumstances, help prevent small fires from escalating into major disasters. Whether you’re at home, in the workplace,...
by JCH Safety | Oct 25, 2023 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Industrial Safety, Risk Assessments
Does my building need sprinklers? Yes, it may well do! This is one of those questions that is not the simplest to answer. The thought behind this blog is to explore some of the aspects of automatic sprinkler systems to help you decide if you should have automatic...
by JCH Safety | May 16, 2023 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
Many small businesses or firms know that they should have a Health and Safety Policy, but we are often asked, ‘What is a Health and Safety Policy and why do we need one?’ So we thought, lets put a blog together to make it clear! A health and safety policy is a...
by JCH Safety | Apr 17, 2023 | Building Maintenance, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Health and safety training, JCH Safety
‘Way too often, work at height is carried out without proper planning and preparation. People are often misinformed and take unnecessary risks because they think low level work at height isn’t dangerous. This simply isn’t true.’ I have recently read an article about...
by JCH Safety | Jan 16, 2023 | Building Maintenance, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments
Firstly, Happy New Year from JCH Safety. Let’s hope it will be a great year and one where your staff and business stay safe! Good health and safety should be the primary objective of all organisations. Whether you run a business, a school or college or a charitable...
by JCH Safety | Nov 15, 2022 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments
The five steps to risk assessment. Whether you run a school, pub or operate a building business, you require risk assessments. This blog is an introduction to the subject and we have some free give aways to help you to prepare yours. JCH Safety are expert safety...
by JCH Safety | Oct 18, 2022 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training
We are often asked questions about fire marshals, so this blog is aimed at addressing common questions that we are asked. Are Fire Wardens and Fire Marshals the same thing? Yes, they are. They are different names for the same role. A Fire Marshal is responsible...
by JCH Safety | Jun 15, 2022 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Uncategorised
At JCH Safety, we work with many different types of organisations across Coventry, Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. We particularly enjoy working with schools, colleges and other education establishments. From providing safety services to high level colleges,...
by JCH Safety | Mar 30, 2022 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Health and safety training, JCH Safety
Our New Knowledge Share Series This is the first blog in our ‘Knowledge Share’ series. Our Knowledge Share articles are designed to empower key industry professionals to better understand their health and safety duties. This introductory blog is the first in this...
by JCH Safety | Jan 18, 2022 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Work Place Safety
5 key safety tasks for a New YearWe hope all our regular readers, and new friends alike, had a safe and fun New Year. Now we are back at work, it is time to deal with all of those health and safety tasks you keep putting off. After all, failure to deal with key safety...
by JCH Safety | Oct 21, 2021 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
Is your School Fire Risk Assessment up to date? Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, over the last 18 months, many schools may have failed to keep up with fire safety. It appears, some contractors haven’t visited site to carry out their usual safety checks and things have...
by JCH Safety | Jun 10, 2021 | Building Maintenance, COVID-19, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, Online Training, Work Place Safety
Over one hundred training courses covering all aspects of health and safety, business skills, and health and social care. Free trial and first module free with all our online training courses. Health and safety have never been more important than it is right now...
by JCH Safety | May 5, 2021 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, JCH Safety, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
With a number of serious fires occurring around Coventry of late, JCH Safety would like to remind readers of how to be fire safe at work. Fire is a major risk in workplaces and the consequences of not having a suitable fire risk assessment in place can be...
by JCH Safety | Nov 9, 2020 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, JCH Safety
Let JCH Safety help you determine your requirements We regularly receive calls from people asking, ‘what type of fire alarm do I need for my premises?’ Let us try and help. The answer isn’t as simple as saying you need a certain type of automatic fire detection...
by JCH Safety | Aug 6, 2020 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Online Training
What is fire safety training? Fire safety training includes both Basic Fire Awareness Training and Fire Marshal Training. Fire Marshal Training is also sometimes referred to as Fire Warden Training. Neither courses involve tackling fires or being firefighters. The...
by JCH Safety | Mar 20, 2020 | Building Maintenance, COVID-19, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
Firstly, and most importantly, I want to start of by saying how terrible the COVID-19 issue is and that we at JCH Safety Ltd wish all of our clients, suppliers and people who read this blog the best of health as we move forward. We are getting quite a...
by JCH Safety | Mar 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting many businesses across Coventry and Warwickshire. Very few small firms had a plan in place for such an event occurring. This has led many small to medium sized businesses in Coventry to be uncertain about what they...
by JCH Safety | Jan 20, 2020 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, JCH Safety, Risk Assessments
Call JCH Safety on 024 7771 7503 Fire risk is a major concern to all building owners. Fires do happen in schools and colleges with a staggering frequency. It is highly concerning that many schools across Coventry and Warwickshire and the wider West Midlands are not...
by JCH Safety | Jan 15, 2020 | Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, JCH Safety, Risk Assessments
Wakefield Grammar School Foundation has been fined £10,000 at Leeds Crown Court after admitting shortfalls in fire safety precautions at Wakefield Girls’ High School and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. The school’s former fire risk assessor Dr James Gibson was also...
by JCH Safety | May 11, 2018 | Building Maintenance, COVID-19, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Industrial Safety, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
Health and Safety Consultants, Policies and Documentation, Fire Risk Assessments, Risk Assessment and Method Statements, Help with Safecontractor, CHAS and SSiP Schemes, Online Health & Safety Training, CDM 2015 Assistance. Who are JCH Safety? JCH Safety are a...
by JCH Safety | Jan 24, 2018 | Building Maintenance, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Industrial Safety
On Saturday 20th January, JCH Safety held a Fire Safety for churches and Fire Marshal training course at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Coventry. Attending were delegates from both St. Martins and also from Warwick Road United Reform Church in Coventry. The course...
by JCH Safety | Jul 14, 2017 | Building Maintenance, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, Fire Safety, Health and safety training, Work Place Safety
Staying safe at work is paramount for both employers and employees alike, yet there are thousands of incidents each year where people are injured and killed whilst at work. Having good policies in place is a starting point, but in order to implement these policies,...
by JCH Safety | Jun 26, 2015 | COVID-19, Fire Risk Management and Health & Safety for Schools, JCH Safety, Online Training, Risk Assessments, Work Place Safety
The Judd School in Kent was fined £10,000 after a student fractured his skull when he was struck by a ‘shot’ during a PE lesson. Ensure that accidents don’t happen at your school by conducting suitable and appropriate risk assessments. What are the...
