A Fire Risk Assessment is a legal requirement. It is your duty to identify fire risks and hazards in your premises and take appropriate action, either it’s a house or a building.

In addition, you must make a record of the findings of your fire risk assessment. Make sure you review your risk assessment regularly and whenever significant changes have been made that would have an impact on it. It’s good business sense as well as a legal requirement, often businesses don’t recover after a fire, and effective fire prevention starts with properly understanding the risks.
Assessments are conducted in five key steps:
1.Identify the fire hazards.
2.Identify people at risk.
3.Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks.
4.Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training.
5.Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly.

What does a fire risk assessment cover?

A fire risk assessment covers the shared parts of a building, such as common stairwells and entrance halls, external walls and front doors to flats that open on to common areas.
These should include measures to:
Alert people to a fire, such as smoke alarms;
Reduce the risk of fire spreading, such as fire doors;
Reduce the risk of fire starting, such as ‘no smoking’ signs or regular safety checks of electrical sockets or lights .

In our Fire risk assessments, We include measures of how help people get out of the building, such as clear escape routes;
Tell people what to do if a fire starts, such as an emergency plan;
Reduce the harm caused if a fire starts, such as fire extinguishers or sprinklers.

It’s about understanding the potential risks, then improving your fire safety precautions to keep you and your people safe.
The general fire precautions must protect: people in the building, people who are near the building who may be at risk if a fire started.

Any questions please feel free to give us a call or send a email to peter@b-safe.org.uk
We are here to help and answer your questions, plus we can give a free quote without obligation.