29 CFR 1910 Subpart L - Fire Protection Physical Hazards Control; OSHT 1309 Freddy Sustaita Jr. Alisha Coneley November 19, 2015

Its 3:00pm, your sitting at your desk watching the clock, waiting for that longed for 5:00pm. All of a sudden, you start to smell smoke, then the fire alarms start blaring right outside of your office. Co-workers begin frantically running past your doorway toward the exit… There is a fire. What do you do? Do you run out of the door like others? Should you run through the office to make sure everyone else got out? You have no idea, you were not prepared for this. Your company is not prepared for this. Unfortunately this is a common occurrence throughout workplaces in America. Unfortunately, the lack of preparedness in the workplace for a fire kills hundreds of employees a year. Do not let this become your fate. Be prepared. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has established a set of regulations for employers to ensure that workplaces and employees are all prepared to respond at the sound of fire alarms. No matter what regulations OSHA puts into place, risks of injury or death can only be minimized and not eliminated. Workers often find themselves in a dangerous situation when attempting to put out an office fire. With proper training, personal protective equipment and safe work practices, employees chances of surviving a workplace fire increases drastically. This paper will discuss, significant regulatory requirements in regards to fire protection, potential fire protection hazards and typical areas where these hazards may be present, and any recommended methods for avoiding exposure to the hazards or to control the hazards.
No company ever wants to experience the horrific emotional and financial consequences of a fire. According to Roy Maurer, an author for the Society for Human Resource Management, “On an