What is a RUS (Single Safety Manager)?

The single safety manager, also known as RUS or single director of safety, is a key stakeholder for public-access buildings composed of multiple businesses, such as shopping centers. In this article, you will discover this profession, the role of the RUS, and their obligations.

What is the role of the RUS?

According to Article R143-21 of the Construction and Housing Code, the role of the RUS, or Single Safety Manager, is to direct and coordinate the single safety management.
“They are responsible to public authorities for authorization requests and for compliance with safety conditions, both for the group of businesses as a whole and for each individual business.”

They are therefore the guarantor of the proper condition of equipment and systems aimed at the safety of the public-access building. They have three main types of missions for the ERP they manage: administration, information, and control.

Discover their daily missions in detail below.

Administrative missions

First and foremost, the RUS has an administrative duty to the establishment they manage. Here are the main missions entrusted to them:

• Preparing and coordinating the safety commission inspection.
• Maintaining the safety register, by checking all equipment in common areas and coordinating all external service providers. They must also attach all documents that ensure the traceability of actions taken.
• Actively participating in the preparation of authorization requests for work, whether or not subject to a building permit. They also participate in safety files to approve compliance with fire regulations for the entire group of establishments.

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Informational missions

Beyond the administrative side of their duties, the RUS has a duty to inform various stakeholders:

• To operators, they must communicate the rules to be followed within the establishments to ensure fire risk prevention.
• To owners, tenants, or any other co-owners, they must communicate the observations issued by administrative authorities.
• He must inform the administrative authorities if he encounters difficulties in applying the safety regulations.

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Oversight duties

The final major role of the RUS is oversight. He is responsible for monitoring several elements, such as:

• Verifying the existence of maintenance contracts with qualified companies.
• He must ensure that the schedule for technical inspections is followed.
• Ensuring that periodic fire safety drills or drills for events that could endanger staff or the public are conducted.
• Verifying that prior authorizations are obtained from the town hall when creating, extending, modifying, or fitting out a space or entity. He must also ensure that any necessary inspections by relevant bodies are carried out upon completion of the work.
• Ensuring that, following a safety commission, requirements are met, as well as any observations made by safety organizations or qualified technicians.

A comprehensive and demanding profession

The role of RUS is therefore a very comprehensive one that requires extensive knowledge of safety regulations and a perfect grasp of risks. For this reason, training is essential to become a Single Safety Manager.

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