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Servicing starts from £110 + VAT per chair.",[333,334],"faqs",{":questions":335,"heading":336},"[{\"question\":\"Is it a legal requirement to service an evacuation chair?\",\"answer\":\"The Fire Safety Order requires fire safety equipment to be maintained in efficient working order and good repair, and PUWER requires work equipment to be maintained. Annual servicing in line with the manufacturer's guidance is the accepted way to meet those duties.\"},{\"question\":\"How many staff should be trained to use an evac chair?\",\"answer\":\"Enough to make sure trained operators are available whenever the building is occupied, including nights and weekends where relevant. Your fire risk assessment and PEEPs should set this out.\"},{\"question\":\"Do evacuation chairs need a LOLER inspection?\",\"answer\":\"No. Evacuation chairs aren't treated as lifting equipment under LOLER. They're covered by the Fire Safety Order and PUWER.\"}]","Evac chair questions",{"title":338,"searchDepth":339,"depth":339,"links":340},"",2,[341,342,343,344,345,346],{"id":211,"depth":339,"text":212},{"id":235,"depth":339,"text":236},{"id":263,"depth":339,"text":264},{"id":280,"depth":339,"text":281},{"id":287,"depth":339,"text":288},{"id":318,"depth":339,"text":319},"What the law requires for evacuation chairs - servicing and maintenance under the Fire Safety Order and PUWER, staff training, PEEPs and how often to do each.","md",{},false,"\u002Fblog\u002Fevacuation-chair-servicing-training-law",{"title":191,"description":347},"blog\u002Fevacuation-chair-servicing-training-law","OpWTx-tSN7n5vILqz2ABzBj9Zv9C5WGJ__aciR7dO7A",{"data":356,"body":357},{},{"type":358,"children":359},"root",[360],{"type":361,"tag":214,"props":362,"children":363},"element",{},[364],{"type":365,"value":366},"text","The Fire Safety Order requires fire safety equipment to be maintained in efficient working order and good repair, and PUWER requires work equipment to be maintained. 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