During the Divisional Meeting held on 26th April, 2008 advice was sought on the current situation as to provision of Fire Extinguishers on Centre Rallies.

The advice from the Caravan Club Health and Safety Executive was as follows:-

As we (the Centre) are neither Employees of the Caravan Club or an Employer, the Health and Safety at Work Act does not apply to Rallies.

We are not required to supply Fire Extinguishers on Rallies and if we opt to do so we leave ourselves open to action for any accident or incident that may occur in their use or misuse. Every intended user should also be given full training on the correct use of the equipment.

We were strongly advised to encourage our members to look to their own Safety and supply their own fire precautions (i.e. Extinguishers or a Bucket to be filled with sand or water on Site) and not to continue with the system we have in place.

This has been a controversial problem for some years, the Centre Committee discussed this matter at length during the recent meeting,it was felt that it would be unwise to ignore the Caravan Club's final and firm advice.

It was felt that all Centre members on a rally should not be left liable in the event of an accident or incident causing injury or damage by any misuse of fire extinguishers..