First-Aide Health and Safety Ltd

First-Aide Health and Safety Ltd Safety Consultants Company Overview

The business was set up in 2009 after the partners completed third level education in occupational safety and health.

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First-Aide Safety, Health and Training Consultants

Mission

Our mission is to reduce the tragic and costly consequences of accidents in Ireland by providing employers (and by extension their employees) with the best occupational safety health advice and associated training resources from our Chartered Members of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) which when implemented are

designed to prevent injuries, illnesses and fatalities. We are also frontline emergency services trained to the extent that we have a combined 60 years’ experience in Emergency Fire, Rescue and Ambulance skills. Our members are registered occupational first aid (OFA) instructors, OFA refresher instructors as well as acknowledged breathing apparatus instructors amongst other core skills such as Firefighting. We are deemed as competent personnel with regard to hazard identification, risk assessing and associated safety statements as per the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (SHWWA). Description

Employee Safety Training: We utilize the latest developments in safety and health to ensure that employees are well trained to perform their jobs safely. Classes are given by overhead presentations with relevant paperwork with practical skills then offered such as first-aid, fire extinguisher use, fire marshalling etc. Safety Statements: As stated above, we are qualified in OSH by means of having training, education and experience which is second to none. As such, under the SHWWA, we are competent as per section 2 of the above act;

“(2) (a) For the purposes of the relevant statutory provisions, a person is deemed to be a competent person where, having regard to the task he or she is required to perform and taking account of the size or hazards (or both of them) of the undertaking or establishment in which he or she undertakes work, the person possesses sufficient training, experience and knowledge appropriate to the nature of the work to be undertaken”

Workplace Mediation: An example of workplace mediation would be for that of perceived bullying and harassment. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (2005), the employer must provide a safe place of work including that of “managing and conducting work activities in such a way as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any improper conduct or behaviour likely to put the safety, health or welfare at work of his or her
employees at risk”, to that end, with the intention of being all encompassing relevant to OSH provision, our members are registered Practitioner Mediators with the Mediators Institute of Ireland. Website: Our website www.first-aide.ie is a resource for all information on safety related topics and training materials.

That us sorted for another year!
13/02/2026

That us sorted for another year!

Periodically, employees need to have manual handling refresher training if more than three years since initial training ...
23/01/2025

Periodically, employees need to have manual handling refresher training if more than three years since initial training or if new tasks/equipment. Talk to us regarding your training needs.

[email protected]
086 8221338

Our ex-Dublin Fire Brigade instructors offer practical skills in all aspects of fire safety, evacuation, personal emerge...
22/01/2025

Our ex-Dublin Fire Brigade instructors offer practical skills in all aspects of fire safety, evacuation, personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEP's), evauation chairs etc
Employers have a legal obligation to have in place designated personnel to deal with fire, talk to us regarding fire warden training, fire extinguisher training but also their refresher training so as to remain competent.

[email protected]
086 8221338

While the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 does not specifically refer to method statements, employers are re...
18/01/2025

While the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 does not specifically refer to method statements, employers are required under Section 8 to provide
“systems of work that are planned, organised, performed, maintained and revised as appropriate so as to be, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risk to health”.
In addition, Section 19 makes it obligatory on employers to identify all the hazards in the place of work that can cause harm and that are under their control, it is also incumbent on employers that they assess the risks presented by those hazards and put in place appropriate control measures.
To that end, we have recently compiled risk assessment method statements (RAMS) for one such employer for their core work of fire safety checks.

Have a look at our on-line eLearning courses, typically fire warden, manual handling, DSE etc. Contact us at 086 8221338...
16/01/2025

Have a look at our on-line eLearning courses, typically fire warden, manual handling, DSE etc. Contact us at 086 8221338 re any queries.

Need your safety statement reviewed and updated?We can also do a safety audit of your premises.Call us for a discussion ...
16/01/2025

Need your safety statement reviewed and updated?

We can also do a safety audit of your premises.

Call us for a discussion as to what our IOSH chartered safety consultants can do for your business, 086 8221338.

Employers ahave a legal obligation to make arrangements for emergencies, e.g. fire & first aid etc.To that end it is sec...
15/01/2025

Employers ahave a legal obligation to make arrangements for emergencies, e.g. fire & first aid etc.
To that end it is section 11 of the 2005 Act that makes it obligatory,

" ...11.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 8 , every employer shall, in preparing and revising as necessary adequate plans and procedures to be followed and measures to be taken in the case of an emergency or serious and imminent danger-.....(c) for the purposes of implementing the plans, procedures and measures referred to in this section and section 8
(i) designate employees who are required to implement those plans, procedures and measures, and
(ii) ensure that the number of those employees, their training and the equipment available to them are adequate, taking into account either or both the size of and specific hazards relating to the place of work...

Are your employees trained up and hold current certificates in First Aid Responders (FAR's) to include CPR & AED use?

Contact us at 086 8221338 and we can discuss your obligations.

Interesting report on emergncy ambulance provision. Found to be in breach of Article 4 of the Jersey 91989) equivalent ...
27/09/2024

Interesting report on emergncy ambulance provision. Found to be in breach of Article 4 of the Jersey 91989) equivalent of the 1974 Health and Safety Act UK.

It shall be the duty of every employee while at work –

(a) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work; and

(b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on his employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions, to co-operate with him so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with.

Broadly in line with HSWW Act 2005 Section 13,

13.—(1) An employee shall, while at work—

(a) comply with the relevant statutory provisions, as appropriate, and take reasonable care to protect his or her safety, health and welfare and the safety, health and welfare of any other person who may be affected by the employee's acts or omissions at work...
..(d) co-operate with his or her employer or any other person so far as is necessary to enable his or her employer or the other person to comply with the relevant statutory provisions, as appropriate,

Two ambulance crew members have been prosecuted on the island of Jersey after a patient in their care died from a fatal cardiac arrest.

12/03/2024

The Firehouse is the glue. Each one has its own personality, an individual vibe and a distinct feeling that is evident the second you enter.

They all begin the same way; brick, mortar, wood, shingles, glass and brass, a little paint, some overhead doors, plumbing, and some signs and then wait.

The apparatus that fills the bays give the station its identity, the people riding the trucks give it it's soul. The older the building the more complex the personality as generations of firefighters occupy the space, and leave a little of themselves there when their time is through.

After a difficult call, when the overhead doors close, and the exhaust fans finish their work, and weary firefighters find their places you can hear the station breathe, and feel it's comforting embrace as coffee is brewed, and the crew sits for a moment in silence, processing the things that could cripple a person would did not have a place to return to, and people to share their burdens with.

Even when only the spirit of the station can hear their thoughts.

This image appeared in my feed a few minutes after I wrote this. Gave me goosebumps, and I'm not lying. Courtesy of Kim Fitzsimmons

12/03/2024
Brilliant approach, much needed improvement as opposed to traditional responding to fires, extinguish fire and return to...
16/01/2024

Brilliant approach, much needed improvement as opposed to traditional responding to fires, extinguish fire and return to operational readiness.

Follow on from last months article, IOSH making comment.
12/09/2023

Follow on from last months article, IOSH making comment.

The HSE will investigate the Fire and Rescue Service’s new breathing apparatus policy more than a year after the FBU first wrote to the regulator raising safety concerns about it.

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1 Mayor Street Upper, Docklands
Dublin
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+353868221338

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