Julie Noble, Health, safety and fire resilience technician

Safety in school kitchens and laundries: the vital role of risk assessments and equipment checks

Julie Noble, Health, safety and fire resilience technician, 24 September 2024 - Advice and support

Julie Noble is health, safety, and fire resilience technician for the risk protection arrangement (RPA), the DfE’s alternative to commercial insurance. In this blog post, Julie talks about how schools' kitchen and laundry risk assessments and equipment checks are essential tools for keeping everyone safe.

Do the fire doors in your school meet the required safety standards?

Julie Noble, Health, safety and fire resilience technician, 9 May 2023 - Uncategorized

Do the fire doors in your school meet the safety standards? In this blog post, Julie Noble will guide you through how to check and make sure your fire doors are up to the required safety standards.

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