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And what are you offering bands for giving up their time to help gain revenue for the bar?

Qualifications don't necessarily imply competence. A fire officer contact I know is currently prosecuting someone for a fire risk assessment, the person that carried it out is NEBOSH Fire trained, chatered member of IOSH and registered with the IFE. The FRA they carried out was not fit for purpose because they wasn't competent. Apparently it's believed the person didn't have much experience in doing them. I stand by what I said previously, not all hard-wired smoke detectors have battery back-up, I've come across many and advised they are changed every time. Here's just one example http://www.alertelectrical.com/prod/3059/brk-dicon-mains-230v-optical-smoke-alarm-no-battery-backup#desc

poor advice - all of them will have a battery back up, more thsan likely on a new build the batteries are fixed lithium and not changable. You don't know what type of detectors these are and neither do I. Please don't question my competence, I carry out fire risk assessments for a living. I was giving general advice without full knowledge of this fire alarm system. I've learned in my profession never to be presumptive.

Like most pests they're only there for food. Remove the food, remove the pest. Sorry if that sounds a bit blunt but it's true, poisons and traps only remove the problem temporarily. You need to block if you can where they are entering and try to remove any small crumbs that naturally collect under cupboards, fridges, cookers etc. Call it "spring cleaning" if the weather allows you to imagine it really being spring.

By all means get your boiler checked before investigating the connectivity of your detectors, you can't take any chances with carbon monoxide. There could be a couple of problems that may trigger a false alarm. It sounds like they are all interconnected but one way to check would be to press the test button on the CO detector but holding it in for a few seconds. This may activate all the alarms on the same cicuit. If it doesn't sound them all, try the same thing on one of the fire detectors. If all alarms sound including the CO detector then they are connected. Once you've established the connectivity, you need to eliminate the possibility of false alarms by changing the backup batteries any detectors that may have them. smoke and heat detectors may not have them (depends on their type) but there's a greater chance of them being in the CO detector. You might also want to gently vacuum your fire detectors, sometime a small amount of dust can trigger sensors, especially optical sensors.

Was this fitted as part of a Needs Assessment? If so then the local authorities have a duty of care, he may need an assessment by an occupational therapist via his GP

They have a code of conduct that they should adhere to, just remind them of it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2012/aug/20/new-rules-charity-street-fundraisers

Madness! Whoever decided this wants sacking. I speak as a Health and Safety Advisor too.

Firstly I'd like to point out that I don't really care if someone next to me is inhaling from a fake cig or a real one, as long as I'm not eating. As far as I'm aware while there is no evidence to say that E-Cigs are harmful for people passively inhaling, there is also no evidence to say that they are not harmful. This is probably why many establishments are not allowing them to be used. But I also have to ask the same question that someone posted earlier; why is it a problem to use them outside only if you are using them to try to give up smoking? Either way you're just substituting nicotine in another form as far as I can tell

Spot on:thumbsup:

I was lucky enough to see one of these once in Warncliffe woods. Just downhill from a small pond there's an old disused railway with a path running under it (if my memory serves me). I saw it bolt behind some rocks near there. Quite a bit bigger than normal grass snakes and dark in colour. It was about 5 years ago though. I'm sure that they'll all still be hibernating at the moment.

Don't know if this is any use to you http://www.dimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/autism-care/autism-friendly-films/

The school could argue that the fact that your son attempted to step over the box (which he didn't have to do) means that he was fully aware that it was there and it would be seen as his own fault. If the box is damaged, it could be considered as "contributory negligence" but that's only if they choose to settle. If they choose to defend (personally, I would) then you'd have to persue them in the court and take your chances.

I feel Atheists and Agnostics are more evangelical than any other faith (although Agnostisism isn't really a faith, it's more sitting on the fence). I believe this is because they want to be right and are subconsciously afraid that they may not be. The more people they convert the less lonely they are in hell, should they be wrong. This is why they are so quick to judge other people that are just doing their own thing and getting on with their lives. Before anyone asks, no I'm not a Christian. I noticed the Gazzette also had a leaflet advertising Asda but I can't find the thread critisising this.

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