Name of activity / event / location	Survive More - Fire Lighting	Date of risk assessment	18/06/2023	Name of who undertook this risk assessment	M F
		Date of next review	02/10/2023

Hazard Identified? / Risks from it?	Who is at risk?	Gross Risk Rating	How are the risks already controlled? What extra controls are needed?	Net Risk Rating	Actions for further Controls
Hazard – something that may cause harm or damage. Risk – the chance of it happening.	Young people, Leaders, Visitors?	The gross risk rating is a combination of the likelihood of the risk happening and the impact should no mitigating actions be taken.	Controls – Ways of making the activity safer by removing or reducing the risk from it. For example - you might use a different piece of equipment or you might change the way the activity is carried out.	The net risk rating is a combination of the likelihood of the risk happening and the impact once the mitigating actions have been taken.	These are further actions which have either been identified or are in the process of being implemented to provide additional control to mitigate risks
Hot Items - Touching something hot - Falling into fire	All Present		Equipment - Bucket of water in immediate vicinity - Ropes or other barrier - Hair bobbles Leader training - Restrict access to fire area, consider rope boundary - Location of running water - Monitor loose hair and clothing - Age and experience appropriate supervision level Young Person guidance - Discuss what to do if you touch something hot - No games, ball games or running in vicinity of fires - No overcrowding around fires - Remind not to retrieve items falling in the fire - Tie back loose hair and tuck in clothing
Uncontained fire - Spills from fire bowl - Knocking over fire bowl	All Present		Leader training - Age and experience appropriate supervision Young People Guidance - No running near fire areas - Where and how to sit/crouch - Call for an adult if anything leaves fire bowl - Call for an adult if fire grows
Unsuitable location - Public access - Vicinity of buildings - Vicinity of vegetation - Grass damage	General Public		Leader Training - Ensure fire located in an isolated area where access by YP and public is controlled and limited   - Countryside Centre Back Garden   - Behind the BBQ area if quiet   - Within picnic tables if quiet - Do not locate main fires under branches or covered areas Equipment - Place smaller fire bowls on wooden or laminated panels
Injury worsened - Unskilled leaders - Lack of cold water supply	All Present		Leader Training - At least one volunteer in attendance with up to date First Response training - At least one first aid kit to hand and everyone knows the location Equipment - If no running water supply to hand, bucket of cold water next to fire - If no water at all, ensure burns kit in first aid kit and close by		Should we include burns kit or is that unnecessary if running water is present