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Equine records · EQ-24
Stable Yard Fire Safety Check
A free printable stable fire safety checklist: a year of monthly yard checks, the faults put right, the order horses come out in, and evacuation drills.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Check the yard's fire risks every month and know the horses can be got out in a hurry. A plan nobody has walked through is only a piece of paper.
Who it is for
Yard owners, livery yard managers, riding centres and anyone keeping horses in stables.
How to use it
- Write the electrics test and extinguisher service dates at the top, from your electrician and whoever services the extinguishers.
- Once a month, walk the yard and tick each line in that month's column, or cross it and write the fault on page two.
- Fill in the evacuation order with each stable, horse and paddock, and post a copy where everyone on the yard can see it.
- Practise the evacuation, then write down how long it took and what to change.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: A year of monthly fire checks for a stable yard on page one; on page two the faults found, the order the horses come out in, and the drills.
Your dates, not ours. No test or service intervals are printed. How often the electrics are tested and the extinguishers serviced comes from your electrician, the extinguisher maker and your insurer: write the dates below. Tick each line once a month when it is right; cross it and write the fault on page two when it is not.
Write-on lines: Yard · Year · Address or postcode to give the fire service · Electrics last tested · Next test due · Extinguishers serviced · Next service due
Monthly check — tick if right; cross and note on page two if not
Also printed: Check · Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec · Hay and straw stored away from stables · Muck heap well clear of the buildings · Heaters, kettles and clippers unplugged · Smoke or heat detectors tested · Extinguishers in place, seals unbroken · Hose reaches every stable, tap works · No-smoking signs up and kept to · Vehicles and trailers parked clear · Escape routes and yard gates clear · Headcollar and rope outside each stable · Paddocks numbered, gates open easily · Fire plan and yard address posted · Cobwebs and dust off lights and sockets · Rubbish and oily rags cleared away · Checked by (initials)
Page 2
Faults found and put right
Table, 5 rows: Date · Check · Fault · Action taken · Put right · Initials
Evacuation order — write it so anyone on the yard could follow it
Table, 8 rows: Order · Stable · Horse · To paddock · Handling notes
Evacuation drills
Table, 4 rows: Date · Who took part · What was practised · Time to clear · What to change · Initials
Questions
Why are no test or service intervals printed?
Because they depend on the installation, the equipment and what your electrician, insurer and fire service advise, and they are not the same everywhere. The sheet leaves blanks for the last and next dates, so the figure comes from someone who has seen your yard.
Why check for a headcollar outside every stable?
So that anyone can lead a horse out without first going to look for one. The line is checked every month because headcollars drift to the field and the tack room.
How is this different from the fire drill record?
The general fire drill record covers people leaving a building. This one adds what a yard needs: the order the horses come out in, the paddock each one goes to and how to handle it, alongside monthly checks of hay, the muck heap and the stables.
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