Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue

• Client / Site

• Location
  Address

• Prepared by

• Document No.

• Conducted on

  Date

• Personnel

Inspections, cleansing and infrastructure - Management Aim: To ensure the sites remain clean and open for safe access and use by the public at all times.

• Inspections - Daily site/number 1 check

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Litter and cleaning - litter pick whole site

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• empty litter/dog bins

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Litter/Dog bins

Furniture, signs, structures, gates and railings

• Minor repairs to furniture, signs, structures and notice boards to be carried out as necessary following daily inspections

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Cleaning - Monitor and clean

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Timber treatment - Annual treatment with wood preservative or painting

  Yes

  No

  N/A
Timber treatments notes

• Railings/Fencing - Re painting of railings or fences<br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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Path and hard surfaces

• Sweep, litter pick, clear debris to maintain access

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Raking and removal of moss and weed build up

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Pressure wash to clean and remove algae

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Chemical weed control

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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Lawns - Management Aim -To maintain lawns as a close mown sward with a minimum of 95% grass cover, minimal weeds and moss growth providing areas for sitting, picnicking and relaxation.

• Grass cutting

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Grass edges - trimming - Edges to beds and paths to be clearly defined and neatly trimmed

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Clear arisings

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Lawn - Winter Maintenance

• Grass Edges, aeration, scarification - Operations to enable summer maintenance standards, cover and requirements for weed and moss control to be achieved.

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Spring/Autumn Feed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Apply fertiliser during growing seasons

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Winter maintenance - Weed and hoe beds to maintain 90% weed free condition

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Autumn maintenance - Cut back and dead head, leave selected seed heads as agreed for winter effect and feeding birds

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Divide and/or replace clumps, use healthy division to replant and extend groups - at least 3 of the same species to a group

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Shrubs - Management Aim - to maintain all species to ensure healthy growth habit, flowering and fruiting. To manage beds retain and open up views and vistas.

• Shrub beds

• Weed and hoe beds to maintain 90% weed free conditions

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Light trimming back of plants overhanging footpaths and beginning to restrict access

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Pruning and shaping as required

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Winter maintenance - Replacement or additional planting as agreed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ensure supports are in good order

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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Hedges - Management Aim - Hedges will be kept neatly trimmed at a frequency suitable to the species composition of hedges

• Hedge trimming - Trimming frequencies to define by hedge species and heights

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Summer - weed hedge line by hand - care to remove climbers through hedge

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Winter - Regeneration of existing hedges

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Trees - Management Aim - To maintain healthy tree cover in line with strategy. Ensure long term succession by new planting and increase light to garden by crown reduction, lifting and removal of selected trees to an agreed program.

• Evidence of a current Tree Policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evidence of a Tree Health and Safety Policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evidence of a Tree Consultant/Contractor contracts, ensuring all responsibilities, processes and procedures are clearly documented?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evidence of work schedules and planned works?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tree safety - Ensure trees have been inspected and hazards resolved

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Young trees - watering as required

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Formative pruning to encourage strong leader and good growth form

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Maintain weed free circle through mulching and/or chemical weed control

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Check stakes/ties/guards and repair as necessary

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Mature trees - removal epicormic/basal growth

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Remove self sown saplings

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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Leaf and snow fall - Management Aim - To ensure safe access to the gardens is maintained at all times and to maintain the gardens and leaves largely clear of leaf fall.

• Leaf fall - Lawns and path to be kept free of leaves during leaf fall

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Flower beds - Bedding and herbaceous beds to be kept free of leaves during leaf fall

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shrub beds - Leaf fall to be cleared as required to maintain appearance of beds

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Machinery safety - guards in place, safe machinery use

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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• Evidence of Risk assessments

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evidence of COSHH files

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Good tool management

  Yes

  No

  N/A
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