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There is no shortage of advice on the dangers of arson. The Arson Protection Bureau publishes several leaflets that can be downloaded free from www.arsonpreventionbureau.org.uk, including a 24-point guide to reduce the risk.
The Department of Communities and Local Government provides fire safety advice for businesses (www.communities.gov.uktfire/firesafety/firesafetylaw), while the Institute of Occupational .Safety and Health has published a guide to reducing arson risks (www.iosh.co.uk/ news_and_events/connect/53_good_practice_arson.aspx). The RHA provides on-site advice and judges companies against a Road
Haulage Minimum Security Standard. Consultancy Labyrinth includes arson when carrying out Fire Safety Assessments, which form part of health and safety regulations.
Director Ruth Waring says: "It's important to make sure gas bottles and inflammable products are locked in a cage and can't be used to start a fire and that workshops are locked when no-one is there."
Firms also need to look at business continuity planning and how they might source buildings and trucks and manage IT if attacked. "It's not a question of building a parallel universe but thinking about what you might do," she says.