Fire Risk Assessments What You Need To Know

1. Fire Risk Assessments: What You Need To Know

2. Fire is an ever-present risk in any building – even an empty one! It is because of this that we have the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and you have to comply with it if you are what is known as the “responsible person” in your business, if you are a landlord of an HMO, or if you run certain businesses such as a bed and breakfast or you let a self-catering property. You are responsible for fire safety in business or other non-domestic properties if you are an employer, the owner, the landlord, an occupier, or perhaps a building manager, managing agent, or anyone else in charge of the premises. It is also possible for there to be more than one responsible person: for example, there could be ten businesses in an office block in which case there would be ten responsible persons who would all need to work together.

3. As a responsible person you have to: carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly tell staff or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified put in place, and maintain appropriate fire safety measures plan for an emergency provide staff information, fire safety instruction, and training In addition, if you are an employer with five or more employees, you are also required to keep a written record of your fire safety risk assessment. Furthermore, the government points out that you could be fined or go to prison if you do not follow fire safety regulations.

4. Many Employers Do Not Have The Necessary Skills You also have to record your findings and prepare an emergency plan in the event that a fire does break out, and also provide training to your employees. In addition, you are required to review your assessment regularly. There is no definition of “regularly” but most people accept it as once a year. However, if you make alterations in your business premises you may well need to review it each time you do so. The good news is that there is a “get out” clause. As the responsible person you can appoint a “competent person” as a fire risk assessor to undertake all this for you. This is what we do at UK-Fire Risk Assessments. Our fire risk assessor can undertake your fire risk assessment for you and provide you with the written report that you need.

5. contact us The Stable office, Young Oak Water Lane Oxton Notts Tel: 0115 896 3814 https://www.uk-fireriskassessments.co.uk/