Fire Risk Assessments

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 which came into effect in October 2006 has replaced over 100 pieces of legislation that previously dealt with fire safety.

The new law applies to all non domestic premises and places a duty of care on either or any combination of the Employer, the Occupier or the Owner as the Responsible Person to appoint a Competent Person whose duty it is to carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises, the risk of fire from the operations that are carried out in the premises and the people who work in the premises.

Although best practice states that it would be better if the Competent Person is an employee this legislation recognises the fact many small and medium sized businesses do not have the resources in time or money to have an employee committed full time to this work and therefore allows for the appointment of third party assistance to complete the Fire Risk Assessment.

We have successfully carried out many Fire Risk Assessments and are members of the Fire Protection Association also our assessors have been trained in fire awareness at the Fire Service College.