Fire Risk Assessment

Fire Risk Assessment

Fire Risk Assessment

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places legal duties on responsible persons to take general fire precautions to ensure as far as reasonably practicable the safety of any employees and relevant persons who are not employees but may be affected by his actions.

Fire Risk Assessment is a legal requirement under Article 9 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the requirement is for responsible persons to ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to employees and relevant persons are exposed to. It is part of the article to identify the significant risks and carry out actions to further reduce any risks.

The assessment must be relevant to the building in which has been assessed, therefore in smaller premises the assessment would be less comprehensive than that of a larger building.  Fire risk assessments can be complicated documents to compile and should be carried out by competent persons to ensure their accuracy and validity.

 

The main categories of the fire risk assessment are.

Identify the Hazards – Identify Persons at Risk – Evaluation of Assessment – 

Recording and Planning of Significant Outcomes – Training – On-Going Review of Assessment

Safeguard Consultancy can provide a comprehensive fire risk assessment service to complete these surveys and to engage with the responsible person post assessment to ensure that they are aware of the significant risks identified and what may be further required to meet the other duties laid down by the order.

If a Fire Risk Assessment is required by the premises that you are responsible for, contact us, via the links below, to arrange a discussion to see where we may be able to assist you.