Research published to coincide with the recent Fire Door Safety Week in the UK revealed that almost half of the British public have never been shown or told about the fire safety procedures where they work. According to the research findings, if a fire alarm was to sound, 14 percent of people said they would see what everyone else was doing and ‘go with the flow’. One in ten people would go into the corridor and investigate, and one in 20 admits they would simply ignore it, assuming there must be a fault on the alarm system.
When respondents with formal responsibility for fire safety in their organisations were asked if they were fully aware of their legal obligations, almost half replied that they either did not know what they were or admitted they were unclear.
