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In buildings which are shared, such as an office block with several firms who have offices in it, there will be more than one responsible person, and in this case, it is necessary to work together and co-ordinate fire safety plans to make certain that people in or around the building are safe. <br><br><br>
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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person in any non-domestic building or premises the public has access to, to carry out a building fire risk assessment and take all necessary steps to reduce or eliminate theriskoffire. Non-domesticpremisesaredefined as: allworkplacesandcommercialpremises allpremisesthepublichaveaccessto thecommonareasofmulti-occupiedresidentialbuildings Inbuildingswhichareshared,suchasanofficeblockwithseveralfirmswhohave officesinit,therewillbemorethanoneresponsibleperson,andinthiscase,itis necessarytoworktogetherandco-ordinatefiresafetyplanstomakecertainthat people in or around the building are safe. Where there are common or shared areas, such as, for example, a common reception area to an office block, the responsiblepersonwouldbethelandlord,freeholder,ormanagingagent.
FireSafetyTrainingForYourEmployees Youmust alsocreate a fire evacuation plan and provide information to employeesand other peopleonthe premises,and youneed fire safety trainingforyouremployees.Ifyouemployfiveormorepeople,youalsoneed tokeepawrittenrecordofyourfindingsandanyorallthingsthathavebeen doneasaresult.Inaddition,youneedtoreviewyourfireriskassessmenton aregularbasisinordertocheckthatitisstilluptodate. Youalsoneedto reviewthe assessmentifyoumake changesto your premises. For instance, you may move desks around in your office or install safety screens, or perhaps move machinery around on a factory floor, and this could have the effect of blocking what was previously an escape route. Whereyouhavefiredoors,thesemustneverbewedgedopenforanyreason.
All of this can be quite complicated if you feel that you do not have thenecessaryskills.Indeed,inmostinstances,peoplewhomaybethe responsible person may not have those skills. Inthis case, the law allows you to appoint a competent person to undertake the fire risk assessmentforyou. At UK-Fire Risk Assessments, we can send a fire risk assessor to carry out the assessment for you and provide you with the written report that you need, along with any or all recommendations, so that you can be comfortable in the knowledge that you are compliant with the law.
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