# The Children’s Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 14: Fire precautions


(1) The responsible authority shall ensure, before any child is accommodated in a children’s home and at all times when children are accommodated, that the Fire Authority is notified in writing of the following particulars—
(a) the location of the children’s home;
(b) the number of children accommodated or to be accommodated there;
(c) the minimum and maximum age of children accommodated or to be accommodated there; and
(d) whether children suffering from any impairment of movement or intellect are accommodated or are to be accommodated there and, if so, the nature of the impairment.
(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that in respect of a children’s home—
(a) precautions are taken against the risk of fire;
(b) means of escape in the event of fire are provided;
(c) arrangements are made for detecting, containing and extinguishing fire;
(d) arrangements are made for warning of an outbreak of fire and for evacuation in the event of fire; and
(e) means for fighting fire are provided,
which are such as may reasonably be required in respect of that home.
(3) The responsible authority shall ensure that arrangements are made so that—
(a) the staff; and
(b) so far as is practicable, the children accommodated in a children’s home,
are aware of the procedure to be followed in the event of fire at the home.
(4) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (3) shall include practices of the evacuation procedure for the children’s home and the techniques of resuscitation and the saving of life.
(5) The responsible authority shall make arrangements to ensure that any outbreak of fire requiring an evacuation of children accommodated in a children’s home from it, or any part of it, is notified to them immediately.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/479/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-14
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