Join us for Episode 3 of The Safer Schools Podcast where we discuss managing winter conditions, including key considerations for:
- Lighting and visibility
- Wet and decaying leaves
- Blocked drains, gutters, downpipes, flat roofs etc.
- Preventing slips at building entrances/exits and external access routes
- Flooding
- Ice, frost and snow, including how to compile a gritting plan
- Outdoor activities
- School vehicles
- Preventative maintenance checks for premises; and
- Winter illnesses (e.g. flu, Norovirus etc.)
We also discuss key considerations for staff putting up Christmas decorations in your school.
To assist you in preparing for the onslaught of Winter (if you haven’t already!), you’ll need to put a plan together… all backed up with a risk assessment.
So, if you’re a Bursar, Estates Manager, Health & Safety Manager, School Business Manager, or indeed ANYONE responsible for overseeing H&S in a school, then this is the episode for you!
Let’s start a conversation on how we can make our schools safer!
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Questions, comments, suggestions for topics? This is your Podcast too…
Drop an email to: info@pearsonwebb.co.uk
We’ve provided links below to the various guidance documents and other resources referred to in this episode:
- Learn about our Fixed Fee Advisory Service: https://www.pearsonwebb.co.uk/services/fixed-fee-advisory-service/
- Follow our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pearson-webb-consulting
- Our article on the latest HSE statistics for the Education sector: https://www.pearsonwebb.co.uk/education/generating-discussion-on-health-safety-using-the-latest-hse-education-statistics/
- CIBSE LG205 Lighting for Education (2011): https://www.cibse.org/knowledge-research/knowledge-portal/lighting-guide-05-lighting-for-education-2011
- CIBSE LG06 The Exterior Environment (2016): https://www.cibse.org/knowledge-research/knowledge-portal/lighting-guide-06-the-exterior-environment-2016
- Health & Safety Executive (HSE) HSG33 Health and Safety in Roof Work: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg33.pdf
- Andel Smart Flood Risk Monitoring Solutions: https://www.andel.co.uk/flood-defence/smart-flood-monitoring-solutions/
- Ecclesiastical Flood Advice: https://www.ecclesiastical.com/risk-management/flood-advice/
- QBE Flood Response Planning: https://qbeeurope.com/document-library/risk-solutions/flood-response-planning/
- Environment Agency Business Flood Plan Checklists: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-your-business-for-flooding/business-flood-plan-checklists
- Sign up to receive flood warnings via phone, text or email (England): https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings
- Sign up to receive flood warnings (Scotland): https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/water/flooding/floodline/
- Sign up to receive flood warnings (Wales): https://naturalresources.wales/flooding/sign-up-to-receive-flood-warnings/?lang=en
- Check the risk of flooding (Northern Ireland): https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/check-risk-flooding-your-area
- News Article, The Independent – Shovelling snow can lead to fatal heart attacks, research finds: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/shovelling-snow-heart-attacks-cardiac-arrest-research-bmj-deaths-winter-a8103166.html
- Ecclesiastical Cold Weather Advice: https://www.ecclesiastical.com/risk-management/cold-weather/
- QBE Winter Freeze Checklist: https://qbeeurope.com/documents/index/4003/419965
- Allianz Preparing Commercial Property for Severe Weather: https://www.allianz.co.uk/business/business-risk-support/weather-advice/commercial-property.html
- NHS HANDi App: https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/health-and-care/health-advice-and-support/handi-app/
- NHS Is my child too ill for school?: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/
- Department for Education – Norovirus: Information for parents, schools, and early years providers if a child is sick: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/03/17/norovirus-information-for-parents-schools-and-early-years-providers-if-a-child-is-sick/
- Video from Envirograf – Christmas Tree Fire Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZFMrfjgYqc
