If you are responsible for a building, it is important to do all you can to reduce the risk of fire to keep people safe. It saves lives. It is your legal duty and makes good business sense.
A Fire Risk Assessment is a careful look at your premises and the people who use them, from a fire safety perspective. It is about understanding the potential risks and then improving your fire safety precautions, to keep people safe.
A Fire Risk Assessment is a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005. If you are responsible for a building, for example an employer, owner or occupier of premises, you need to ensure a Fire Risk Assessment is carried out by a suitably competent person. It is your duty to identify fire risks and hazards in your premises and take appropriate action.
Where five or more people work in your premises, you will need to keep a written record of the assessment.
The risk assessment should reviewed regularly, and whenever significant changes have been made that would have an impact on it. Many businesses do not recover after a fire, and effective fire prevention starts with properly understanding the risks.
If the fire risks in your premises are simple, and the premises are small, you may be able to carry out the assessment yourself, following the five key steps;
You should ask yourself "do I have the necessary competence" i.e. training, knowledge, experience and know my limitations?
Yes, we can help and carryout the risk assessment for you. We will visit your premises and carry out an inspection to identify the significant fire safety risks. You will receive a full written report which will include an action plan for improvements, where these are identified. Each action point is risk rated to help you prioritise and allocate resources.
Please contact us for a no obligation discussion.
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