My trustees manual has a chapter in my manual on risk so I should know a bit about it. Here is a simple tip if you are a church trustee looking at a risk assessment to cover your meeting place. Don't write to the local authority (the landlords in this case) as a client church did and explain to them that you don't need a written assessment because you don't have 5 people on payroll. You might look a bit silly if there is a fire in the middle of a service and 300 people are wondering what to do. And don't think there will be an orderly evacuation. Mums will not be leaving via the fire exit, they will be rushing headlong towards wherever their little ones might be. This Sunday I will be asking key people if they know what to do, where to assemble etc if there is a fire. I can see 300 people assembling just where the fire engines will be arriving, at speed. Let's not be alarmist but let's take a moment to make sure we know what to do if the worst happens.

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