Fighting the fire hazard

Abstract

At a time of soaring labour costs, price controls, dividend restraint and a host of other economic problems, fire prevention and control is an issue which management might be tempted to push down the priority list. Yet a glance at the staggering increase in fire damage costs provides a forceful reminder that this is a hazard which companies ignore at their peril. Apart from the human dangers, a full‐scale blaze can achieve in a matter of hours what adverse trading conditions may have failed to do over months or years — put you out of business. Here, in a comprehensive guide to fire prevention and control, specialists report on aspects ranging from insurance to equipment. But the underlying theme is the same: that with a little more thought and care, multi‐million pound investments could literally be prevented from going up in smoke.

Citation

(1975), "Fighting the fire hazard", Industrial Management, Vol. 75 No. 4, pp. 16-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb056507