Taking care of property management companies, landlords, business owners, responsible persons in factories and warehouses and compliance managers a complete fire risk assessment service and training.
Our Fire Risk Assessment will provide you with a professional report in accordance with PAS 79 and in compliance with “The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005”. The Fire Risk Assessment can be used for your insurance company, as it will identify your fire safety hazards and level of risk, electrical compliance, servicing of firefighting equipment, training requirements, means of escape routes, locks and push-bars and safety signage that may be required.
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Advice from Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
“Employers (and/or building owners or occupiers) must carry out a fire safety risk assessment and keep it up to date.”
A fire risk assessment provides the corner stone and starting point for effective fire prevention at your site and is the basis for any kind of effective fire prevention strategy.
Who needs a fire risk assessment?
If you are an employer, owner or occupier of premises that aren’t a ‘single private dwelling’ (a private home), you need to complete a Fire Risk Assessment. This is a legal requirement – your duty to identify fire risks and hazards in your premises.
- An employer with a factory, warehouse, retail shop
- Responsible person for a business premises, office block, apartment block or a house of multiple occupation (HMO)
- A licensed property
- Construction site
- Any charity or voluntary organisation with a work site or retail site
Our Fire Risk Assessors
Our fire risk assessment assessors are, trained to carry out fire risk assessment by the British Safety Council, and have many years of experience working within the health and safety industry. This ultimately means they are bringing a wealth of knowledge and capability to provide you with an an effective and professional service.
Our assessors have regularly carried out assessments in workplaces, residential sites and shops, offices and for charitable organisations.
Your Risk Assessment Report
When we carry out your fire risk assessment, you will receive a detailed electronic report with your current status and recommended action in the following areas:
- Fire safety hazards and their control
- Fire protection methods
- Management of fire safety
- Fire Safety Training
We will examine areas such as:
- Means of escape routes
- Fire Safety Signage
- Servicing of fire detection and fire fighting equipment,
- Final exit locking systems
- Emergency Lighting
- Fire Wardens and level of training
- Hazardous substances on site and their control (COSHH)
- Electrical compliance
- Fire hazards from surrounding neighbours
Our PAS 79 assessment report will be forwarded to you electronically and is favoured by the insurance industry and government specialists.
How do we conduct the fire risk assessment?
It is important to ensure that the person responsible for the site or premises is available so that the assessor can discuss the day to day operations of the site and the layout of the premises. Previous fire incidents and have previous fire risk assessments to hand, if any have been carried out.
The assessor will discuss with the responsible person areas of the site that they need to see and any relevant paperwork or equipment already on site. The information will include documentation, emergency procedures and safety records, along with insurance and special requirements for the safe running of the premises.
The assessor will then need to spend several hours inspecting the premises. Depending on the site, they may need to be accompanied for safety reasons and may of course need to wear Personal Protective Equipment if the situation dictates this.
At the end of the inspection the assessor will talk about any areas where compliance standards are not being met, or where improvements could be made. The responsible person within the business can also take this opportunity to ask any relevant questions.
The assessment is conducted to identify your compliance with fire regulations, building regulations and health and safety requirements and if or what further work needs to be carried out or implemented. Our assessors have experience in helping you move forward with any further work that may need to be carried out, such as training, fire alarms, extinguishers, emergency lighting, fire safety signage and keeping service records and regular inspections.
To help your understanding, the report will also include photographic evidence of both good practice and areas for improvement. Risk are evaluated and the assessor will discuss with you the time limits required where some areas may need improvement and how the improvements can be carried out.
Your detailed report will be with you within 7 days and the assessor will be available for any further questions or help and advice for the recommendations. PAS 79 documents are accepted by insurance companies and you can therefore forward the documents with confidence.
For a no obligation chat contact us on 07480 6445657 to discuss your fire risk assessment requirements.