Health and safety
Environmental Health Staff Officers from the Environmental
Health Department will be visiting your stall throughout the day to
ensure that everything is safe and hygienic.
Please help them to carry out their duties. Working together
will help everyone to have a safe and enjoyable Carnival.
The Carnival attracts crowds of people and therefore extra care
needs to be taken to ensure public safety. It is everyone’s aim to
ensure that Carnival is safe and enjoyable. We hope that by
following this advice, it will be.
Setting up times
Please arrive in plenty of time to set your stall up safely.
Unless agreed in advance that your vehicle forms part of your
stall, all vehicles must be removed from the Carnival area before
8am and must not re-enter the Carnival area until the police open
the roads.
Please make sure that you unload everything you need from your
van/car before 8am and then park it in a parking area outside the
Carnival.
Vehicles will be prevented from returning to their stalls during
the day.
Close down
Close Down Your trading licence only permits trading until
8pm.
Enforcement officers will be on duty reporting late traders who
will not be issued with licences in 2012 and subsequent
years.
Pitch sizes and stalls
You must provide your own stall.
Pitch sizes will be as stated on your site confirmation
letter.
Please ensure before the day that you do not exceed this size,
as this will cause difficulties with other stallholders close by
and constitutes a breach of the licence conditions.
Remember: Your stall must be in good repair and
clean at the start of the day and kept clean throughout
Carnival.
Trading Standards
Stalls must not sell alcohol at any time (this includes beer and
lager) – sell soft drinks only. No glass containers (this includes
bottles).
You must not sell any counterfeit, faulty or falsely labelled
goods.
Health and safety first aid
You must have a first aid kit on the stall. You will not be
allowed to trade without one.
Fire extinguishers
All stalls must have the appropriate fire extinguishers which
are as follows:
- stalls cooking food: 4kg dry powder or four litres foam
- deep-fat-fryer: if you plan to use a deep fat fryer we
recommend that you fit a flame failure device and also provide a
suitable fire blanket
- stalls with generators: 4kg dry powder or carbon dioxide
CO2
- stalls not cooking food: 4.5 litres water
In the event of a fire, call the Fire Brigade
immediately.
- if gas cylinders are involved, do not throw water over them,
tell the Fire Brigade how many cylinders there are and where they
are
- only tackle a fire if you feel confident to do so
- never return to a fire if it is not under control
Barbecues
The main problem with barbecues is that they are normally
situated where the public can be pushed against them and burn
themselves.
Please ensure that they are sited at the back or the side of
your pitch where people cannot come into contact with the heat of
the barbecue or its flame.
Do not use Police barriers, they are not for traders’
use.
The use of police barriers is a breach of your licence
contract.
The police have been advised to retrieve all illegally acquired
barriers.
Electrical
All electrical wires and connections must be safe.
If you are in doubt ask the London Electricity Board or a
competent electrician for advice.
The Council electrician will disconnect any illegal or dangerous
connections, for example connections to lamp posts, overloaded
cables, exposed conductors, trailing cables, and such like.
Wires and cables should not be trailed where they can be tripped
over or walked into.
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
This is the bottled gas used for cooking and heating, example
Calor Gas.
Please ensure:
- all connections are correctly secured
- only use flexible hoses that are not cracked
- rub soapy water around joints and look for bubbles
if bubbles appear then it means that the joint is leaking and is
unsafe
- store spare cylinders upright safely so that they cannot fall
over and are away from sparks/flames
- do not use last year’s cylinder unless it has been
serviced
Generators
- the generator needs ventilation - do not store it under the
stall or near combustible materials
- fuel must be stored in an approved container away from sparks
and the generator - never re-fuel whilst the generator is still
running
- vehicle engines and generators produce fumes and noise which
can cause annoyance and be unpleasant for residents and Carnival
goers - please ensure that your vehicle or generator is operating
efficiently and with minimal pollution
- you should ensure your fumes are directed away from food stall
and residential property