Introduction
Schools
and colleges are top of the fire insurance list when you consider
premises that are involved in major fires. Schools and Colleges
appear to do very little to reverse this trend and will remain
at the top of the list. There have been many projects to encourage
schools to take fire safety more seriously but it appears
to fall on deaf ears. Another project to help schools reduce
these heavy property fire losses is a computer program "
Arson Fire Risk Assessment for Schools". The application
was written in Visual Basic 5 and it is not very sophisticated
but I believe it may help.
The Arson Fire Risk Assessment
for Schools program is a personal computer program that takes
a group of probability factors and uses them to make certain
predictions. The probability factors are gathered using a
questionnaire located in the help file and can be printed
out for use. The resultant probability factors are inputted
into the programme and results are shown in the form of predictions
regarding the possibility of arson or fires involving the
school. These predictions are not necessary useful in themselves
but they give you a bench mark to work with when you decide
to improve the fire precautions in the school. For example
you may have to decide one of two possible improvements to
enhance security, for example improve the security of the
doors or provide limited palisade fencing. You can run each
scenario through the programme, depending on the results,
you are able to make an informed decision which is the most
effective option and which one gives the best value for money.
Obviously there are many other factors when making these kinds
of decisions but this is certainly one of them.
The
program is a fire risk assessment for the protection of the
buildings and does not consider the safety of staff and pupils.
Consequently it does not help you conduct a fire risk assessment
to meet the requirements of the The
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Disclaimer
This
program is a beta version and has been thoroughly checked
and tested at all stages. However it is always wise to run
a virus checker on any software before running it. I cannot
accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage
to your data or your computer system, which may occur while
using either the program or the data on it.
If
you accept these conditions you can download the program and/or
the source files. Suggested windows method to adopt :-
- Create
a folder in your "My Documents" named Schfra.
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Click on "Download Exe file" and save the schfra.exe
file into folder Schfra.
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You will need to have WipZip installed on your computer.
- Open
Windows Explorer.
- Go
to My Documents, open folder Schfra folder.
- Click on setup.exe and follow instructions.
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If you have any problems, or would like the source files
contact me by email.
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